High-resolution measurements of what the atmosphere does to light
Lamarck gathers the measurements of Miratlas’ own network of over twenty Sky Monitor sites, some operating for many years, within a fifty-site global network including customer-deployed instruments: turbulence, cloud cover, humidity and weather, sampled continuously, day and night.
It holds 19 TB of data and grows by 1 TB per month, giving researchers unparalleled depth and real-time relevance for modelling and optimising FSO systems.
Atmospheric conditions: turbulence, cloud cover, humidity, critical to optimising FSO systems.
Real-world scenarios for satellite-to-Earth and terrestrial optical communication.
Adaptive-optics designs and encoding algorithms that mitigate signal interference.
Complete, non-commercial access to high-resolution atmospheric data, turbulence and cloud cover included, for modelling and optimising FSO communication systems.
Use, share and adapt the data under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0: modifications and redistribution are allowed as long as the work stays non-commercial and properly attributed.
Study atmospheric interference on laser signals, develop turbulence mitigation, adaptive optics, encoding, and simulate link budgets on real conditions.
Data is protected under strict confidentiality and cybersecurity protocols aligned with GDPR, ensuring integrity and ethical handling.
Turning analog clouds digital since 2018
Since the first Sky Monitor installed for ESA in Tenerife in 2018, we have refined the instrument with field experience while accumulating atmospheric data. Because FSO communication needs local, real-time measures of both cloud cover and turbulence, a network of Sky Monitors is required to reach the site diversity that keeps optical links between ground and space continuous.
Today the network spans 50+ locations in 17 countries, backed by our own multi-cloud architecture for backhauling, storage, access, monitoring and backup. Researchers explore and download data through Miratlas’ secure platform.
We believe access to atmospheric data is vital for advancing technologies like free space optical communication. Atmospheric propagation understanding is key to mitigation strategies such as site diversity, adaptive optics, encoding and network routing. Our partnership with the academic community ensures this data fuels the innovation necessary to make Optical to Orbit Communication reliable.
What the licence covers, and what it doesn’t
The Sky Monitor Terms and Conditions of Sale and the End User License Agreement clarify how data is owned, licensed and used.
- 01Ownership of customer-generated data
Data generated by a customer using Miratlas products or services remains exclusively owned by that customer.
- 02Miratlas’ right to use customer data
The customer grants Miratlas a non-exclusive, royalty-free, sub-licensable right to use this data for purposes such as service upgrades, without any transfer of ownership.
- 03Creative Commons licence
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 governs data accessed via Miratlas’ platform: non-commercial use, sharing and modification under its conditions. It does not apply to data a customer collects with their own Sky Monitor.
- 04Restrictions on use
Automated data extraction, for AI training, for instance, is explicitly prohibited even where the CC licence might permit it, and is subject to a separate, case-by-case agreement.
- Customers access Miratlas’ data and that of other signatories under the CC licence.
- Miratlas gains no commercial ownership of customer data, only a licence to use it.
- The CC licence covers Miratlas-provided data, not data you collect with your own Sky Monitor.
- No automated extraction or AI training without a separate agreement.
