Anywhere Connectivity with SD-WAN Resilience & Audit-Grade Evidence
Satellite Internet connects sites where fiber/coax can’t reach—or adds a tertiary, diverse path for business continuity.
SolveForce engineers design satellite links (LEO/MEO/GEO) as first-mile or failover underlays, integrated with SD-WAN, SASE/Zero-Trust, and NOC telemetry—so you get reach, resilience, and proof.
Where this fits:
🌐 Access → Connectivity • 📡 Wireless → Fixed Wireless • 📶 Mobile → Mobile Connectivity
🔀 Control → SD-WAN • 🔐 Edge → SASE / ZTNA
🏢 Interconnect → Colocation • 🔗 On-ramps → Direct Connect
🎯 Outcomes (Why Satellite with SolveForce)
- Coverage anywhere — remote branches, pop-ups, construction, maritime/energy, disaster zones.
- True path diversity — independent of terrestrial plant; ideal tertiary link behind fiber + LTE/5G.
- Deterministic control — IPsec/GRE to hub, static IP options, SD-WAN steering by SLO (loss/latency/jitter).
- Business-ready — QoS templates, acceleration when needed, and NOC monitoring with carrier escalation.
- Audit-grade — SLO dashboards, turn-up artifacts, and incident evidence to SIEM/SOAR.
🧭 Orbit Types (Plain-English)
- LEO (Low-Earth Orbit) — low latency (typ. 25–60 ms one-way), dynamic beams; excellent for SD-WAN brownout recovery and interactive apps.
- MEO (Medium-Earth Orbit) — mid-latency; regional coverage; fewer handovers than LEO.
- GEO (Geostationary) — wide coverage, high latency (~250–300+ ms one-way); great for broadcast, bulk transfer, and backup when latency is tolerable.
We match orbit + band (Ku/Ka, sometimes C) to your use case, climate (rain-fade), and antenna constraints.
📐 SLO Guardrails (What to Expect)
| Class / Orbit | One-Way Latency | Jitter Target | Packet Loss (sustained) | Downlink / Uplink (typical) | Availability* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEO Edge | 25–60 ms | ≤ 15% of latency | < 0.3% | 50–300+ / 10–50+ Mb/s | 99.5–99.9% |
| MEO Business | 80–150 ms | ≤ 15% | < 0.3% | 25–150 / 5–30 Mb/s | 99.5–99.9% |
| GEO Backup/Broadcast | 250–300+ ms | ≤ 20% | < 0.5% | 10–100 / 3–20 Mb/s | 99.5–99.9% |
*Availability improves with dual terminals, beam diversity, or dual-orbit designs. SD-WAN can mask transient issues by steering flows.
🧰 Design Patterns (Pick Your Fit)
A) Dual-Path Branch (Fiber + Satellite + LTE/5G)
- SD-WAN prefers fiber; shifts to LEO on brownout (loss/jitter) and LTE/5G on blackout.
- IPsec from branch to hub/colo; static IP as needed.
→ SD-WAN • Mobile Connectivity
B) Primary Access (No Terrestrial Plant)
- LEO primary with directional or phased-array antenna; optional LTE/5G tertiary.
- QoS: voice/UC and POS high priority; bulk to off-hours.
C) Temporary Sites / Events / Construction
- Rapid-deploy terminal; PoE power; Wi-Fi segmented from corp; pre-staged SD-WAN config.
D) OT / Energy / Remote Industrial
- Ruggedized terminals; IPsec to hub; ZTNA for admin access; logging to SIEM; offline caching where sensible.
→ ZTNA • SIEM / SOAR
E) Maritime / Mobility
- Stabilized antennas; dual-orbit plans (LEO+GEO) where required; SD-WAN path policy by sea/port.
🔒 Security & Zero-Trust (Built-In)
- Tunnels — IPsec/GRE to hub/colo or cloud on-ramps; deterministic paths to apps. → Direct Connect
- Per-app access — ZTNA/SASE for users; no flat VPNs. → SASE • ZTNA
- Edge firewall & segmentation — deny by default; app/QoS classes; microseg for OT. → Microsegmentation
- Keys/secrets — from vault; short-lived tokens; no plaintext configs. → Secrets Management
- Evidence — tunnel status, policy changes, and events stream to SIEM. → SIEM / SOAR
📡 RF & Install (Reality Checklist)
- Line of sight & sky view — clear view per orbit; avoid trees/structures; for GEO, fixed az/el; for LEO, horizon clearance.
- Antennas — fixed dish or phased-array; proper grounding/surge; weather sealing; short, rated cable runs.
- Rain fade (Ka-band) — fade margin in RF plan; SD-WAN steers around short-term degradation.
- Power — stable AC/DC; UPS or generator; cold-start procedures documented.
⚙️ Networking Considerations
- CGNAT vs Static IP — some plans are NATed; request static public or private static for inbound services.
- Acceleration — TCP acceleration or proxy where GEO latency is high; test with and without to balance security/UX.
- MTU & MSS — set correct MSS for tunnel paths; avoid fragmentation.
- DNS — pin resolvers; use split-horizon; cache for high-latency links.
📊 Observability & NOC
- Telemetry: SNR/RSL, modem state, beam, throughput, latency/jitter/loss, FEC/BER, temperature/power.
- SLO dashboards & alarms; carrier escalation runbooks; monthly reports.
→ Circuit Monitoring • NOC Services
🧪 Turn-Up & Acceptance
1) Site survey — sky view, mount, power, cable path, grounding.
2) Install & align — antenna mount, weatherproofing, surge protection; modem/IDU setup.
3) Baseline tests — throughput, latency/jitter, failover drills; store RFC 2544/Y.1564 style results.
4) SD-WAN/SASE policy — brownout thresholds, QoS classes, per-app routes.
5) Handover — diagrams, photos, configs, thresholds; escalation tree.
Artifacts (photos, test results, configs) stored and exported to SIEM for audits. → SIEM / SOAR
💵 Commercials (No Surprises)
- Capex — terminal/antenna/mount/surge; optional stabilized units (maritime).
- MRC — plan by bandwidth, data tier/fair-use policy, priority class, static IP option.
- Install — standard vs non-standard mounts, trenching if needed for cable path.
- Roaming/region — global vs regional beams; consider local regulations.
📐 SLO-Aware SD-WAN Policy (Quick Guide)
- Voice/UC & POS — high priority; packet duplication for brownouts; jitter buffer.
- SaaS/API — prefer terrestrial; allow satellite on brownout; prefetch/caching where safe.
- Bulk sync/backup — schedule to off-hours; rate-limit to protect real-time.
- Health thresholds — steer on loss > 0.3–0.5%, jitter > 15–20% of latency, or latency spike beyond class budget.
→ SD-WAN
📜 Compliance Mapping (Examples)
- PCI DSS — encrypted transport, access logging, segmentation; POS priority lanes.
- HIPAA — ePHI over IPsec; audit/log retention; ZTNA for admin.
- ISO 27001 — operations security, access control, incident evidence.
- NIST 800-53/171 — AC/SC/AU controls for boundary & crypto.
All mapped evidence streams to SIEM with WORM options.
🛠️ Implementation Blueprint (No-Surprise Rollout)
1) Use cases & SLOs — voice/POS/SCADA/SaaS; latency and availability targets.
2) Orbit & plan — LEO/MEO/GEO selection; static IP need; fair-use policy; climate considerations.
3) Hardware — terminal/antenna, mounts, power/UPS, surge, enclosure.
4) Policy — SD-WAN/SASE, QoS classes, acceleration stance, DNS, MTU/MSS.
5) Security — IPsec/ZTNA, vault, certificate plan, admin hardening.
6) Install — mount, align, weatherproof; cable routing; label and document.
7) Test — throughput/latency/jitter; brownout drills; SD-WAN failover; evidence archived.
8) Operate — NOC thresholds; monthly SLO/cost report; carrier ticket playbooks.
→ NOC Services • Circuit Monitoring
✅ Pre-Engagement Checklist
- 📍 Site coordinates, sky view constraints, roof/wall mounting options.
- ⚡ Power/UPS plan; grounding/surge hardware.
- 🌦️ Climate/rain-fade profile; band selection; fade margin.
- 🧭 Orbit choice (LEO/MEO/GEO), plan speeds, fair-use; static IP requirement.
- 🔐 Security posture (IPsec/ZTNA), secrets, certs, DNS.
- 🔀 SD-WAN vendor/policy; thresholds; path preferences.
- 📊 SLO dashboards; SIEM export; carrier escalation contacts.
🔄 Where Satellite Internet Fits (Recursive View)
1) Grammar — a diverse underlay in Connectivity.
2) Syntax — carries Cloud paths & on-ramps with IPsec/SD-WAN.
3) Semantics — Cybersecurity enforces ZTNA/SASE and logging.
4) Pragmatics — SolveForce AI predicts weather/beam risk and auto-tunes steering.
5) Foundation — consistent terms via Primacy of Language.
6) Map — indexed in the SolveForce Codex & Knowledge Hub.
📞 Deploy Satellite WAN That’s Resilient, Secure & Auditable
Related pages:
Connectivity • Fixed Wireless • Mobile Connectivity • SD-WAN • SASE • ZTNA • Direct Connect • Colocation • Circuit Monitoring • NOC Services • Cybersecurity • Knowledge Hub