[itronitron]

I guess it depends a lot on how much control they allow the offeree over the antenna, ground station configuration, and signal processing. Anyone that cares about the data quality they are getting from their satellites is not going to trust a 3rd party solution.

[resters]

> Anyone that cares about the data quality they are getting from their satellites is not going to trust a 3rd party solution.

Please explain this, I don't understand why it would be the case.

[SiempreViernes]

People that record music professionally don't buy an android phone and settle for that because of the severe restrictions on the hardware optimisation it imposes.

Likewise, people that are concerned about optimising the radio link are not likely to accept restrictions in the receiver design for instance.

[resters]

What kind of restrictions? Isn't a VITA data stream broadband SDR data? The entire radio implementation would seemingly be under the control of the client.

[itronitron]

the RF signal that the antenna receives is affected by a number of environmental factors as it travels from the satellite to the antenna.

[resters]

I would assume that one of the value propositions of having many ground stations to choose from is that one could simply rent one that was closest to the next flyover.

So I'm curious what factors you are thinking of that would not make sense as part of the service offering but would be needed by would-be customers of the service?