Demonstrations of Direct-to-Satellite IoT For Earth Observation Applications: Irrigation Monitoring and Animal Tracking

• Main Authors: Ruiz-de-Azua, J.A., Pages, J., Marin-de-Yzaguirre, M., Baselga, O., Labella, C., Catalan, M., Guixe, P., Monton, M., Colome, J., de Quadras, M., Llorens, I., Guadalupi, M.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Subjects: Direct-to-Satellite IoT; Earth; High frequency; Internet of Things; Irrigation; irrigation monitoring; livestock tracking; Proposals; Satellites; Weather forecasting
• ISSN: 2153-7003
• DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS52108.2023.10281527

Novel demands from Earth Observation community have emerged in last years. They are mainly oriented on monitoring geo-information and human activity impact. These applications require satellite systems capable to provide high frequency and sub-metric spatial resolution observations. An hybrid architecture which combines in-space with in-situ measurements emerges as a potential approach. In this scenario, ground sensor devices autonomously perform in-situ measurements that are later on combined with satellite ones. This work extends the research on architecture by presenting two proof-of-concept of potential applications: (1) irrigation monitoring, and (2) livestock tracking. This work focuses on the deployment of IoT devices (developed in previous research activities) to extract data for these applications. The results are discussed, and they demonstrate the viability to monitor the trend of crop metrics, as well as the position of a cow herd over time. These results encourage to keep developing these demonstrations for further applications.