🛰️ Satellite Internet

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

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🎯 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.

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🧭 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.

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📐 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.

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🧰 Design Patterns (Pick Your Fit)

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🔒 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

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📡 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.

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⚙️ 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.

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📊 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

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🧪 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

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💵 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.

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📐 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

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📜 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.

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🛠️ 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

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✅ Pre-Engagement Checklist

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🔄 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.

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📞 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

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Key terms in plain language

Open a term for a concise explanation of language used on this page.

💡Fiber Internet

Internet delivered through strands of glass using light. Fiber commonly supports high capacity, low latency, and strong upload performance, but availability must be confirmed for the exact address.

📊Bandwidth

The amount of data a connection can carry in a given time, usually measured in Mbps or Gbps. More bandwidth supports more users, devices, and simultaneous applications.

⏱️Latency

The time it takes data to travel between two points. Lower latency improves voice, video meetings, cloud applications, gaming, and other real-time services.

🔀SD-WAN

Software-defined wide area networking. It manages multiple connections and chooses paths based on application needs, performance, and policy to improve resilience and control.

🔐VPN

A virtual private network creates an encrypted connection across another network, commonly allowing remote users or offices to access private resources securely.

🧰Software as a Service (SaaS)

Software accessed as an online service instead of being installed and maintained entirely on the customer’s own computers or servers.

🛡️Cybersecurity

The practices and controls used to protect identities, devices, networks, applications, and data from unauthorized access, disruption, or manipulation.

🚫Zero Trust

A security model that does not automatically trust a user or device because of its location. Access is continuously verified and limited to what is necessary.