Rolf Skatteboe outlines Kongsberg Satellite Services' (KSAT) vessel detection services that combine Earth observation satellites and Automatic Identification System (AIS) data for maritime surveillance applications. KSAT operates polar-orbiting satellites and processes satellite radar imagery to detect vessels and monitor issues like illegal fishing, oil spills, and ice conditions. Combining satellite data with AIS information helps identify vessel sources and tracks vessel movements. KSAT's services support authorities with coastal monitoring, fisheries control, pollution response, and maritime domain awareness.

1. COMPANY PROTECTED
Space based vessel detection – Combining Earth
Observation and AIS for Maritime surveillance
Rolf Skatteboe
President, Kongsberg Satellite Services
Seoul, May 15, 2012

2. Outline
• KSAT in brief
• Satellite baser Maritime Situational Awareness
• SAR technology and application
• AIS (Automatic Identification System)
• KSAT Vessel detection service in support of activities in different areas
• Illegal fishing
• Oil spill detection
• Ice monitoring
• Norwegian Korean cooperation
• Concluding remarks
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3. Kongsberg Satellite Services
KSAT is a service provider dedicated to satellite
operation and utilization of satellite data
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4. Kongsberg Satellite Services, KSAT
• Established in 1967
• Kongsberg Satellite Services since 2002
• World leading commercial satellite centre
• Providing products and services based on
polar orbiting satellites
• Round the clock
operations (24h/365d)
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5. KSAT has two business areas
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6. The KSAT polar Network
KSAT Operation
TNOC, SvalSat and TEOS
Jan Mayen
The KSAT mid-Latitude Network
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7. KSAT’s Extended Polar and Mid-Latitude Network
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8. Tromsø ; Operation Center 365/24/7
SvalSat Tromsø TrollSat Grimstad Dubai Singapore Hartebeestoek
Network Operations
Center
KSAT clients
World- wide
Client sites Partner sites
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9. Earth Observation Services
• Operational Maritime Situational Awareness including
Global Marine Monitoring
• Oil spill detection and environmental control (<30 minutes)
• Vessel Detection and identification
• Ice navigation and prediction
• Data fusion (Automatic Identification System – AIS and environmental data like
wind and waves)
• Multi-Mission global near real time data access SAR and Optical
• Disaster monitoring
• Surveillance and monitoring
• MultiMission-MultiUser services
• Forest monitoring, Snow, Iceberg tracking…
• Global Data Acquisition
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10. Earth Observation Services
OIL SPILL DETECTION VESSEL DETECTION ANTI PIRACY
ICE NAVIGATION SATELLITE IMAGES ICEBERG TRACKING
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11. Norway and the High North
• Vast ocean areas
• Approx. 7x mainland
• Increasing oil and gas activity
• Unregistred fishing (IUU)
• Increasing vessel traffic
• Shipment of Russian oil
• Gas and LNG
• Transport of goods and chemicals
• Ecotourism
In vulnerable arctic environment
Weather; wind, darkness, cloud
cover and fog
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12. Why use radar from satellites for Marine Situational
Awareness including to detect oil spills?
hei
• Active sensor
• Independent of
daylight
• Sees through clouds
and fog
• Large area coverage
• Excellent tool for
detecting slicks,
vessels and
installations
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13. KSAT Service chain
Satellite acquisition, multiple satellites Automatic Identification Sea-State GIS -information
System (AIS)
End user
Operations centre
SAR
Processing
VA
Processing
Analysis and Notification
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14. Oil spill detection by analysis of SAR images
• Typical oil spill, black defined feature on the sea surface, a long tail
combined with ship (small white spot) at the end.
• The black colour is due to the SAR technology
and is not true colour.
• Ships marked by white circles.
Oil spill in the south of Norway. Oil spill in Brazilian coastal water.
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15. Identification of source
Combining satellite images with AIS -a powerful combination
Oil spill outside the Norwegian coast, Combined with AIS, tracked back, one of the ship
ships in the area. Warning with lanes closely corresponds with the potensial spill.
excact position, size and confidence The vessel can easily be identified, and
level is given. authorities can decide on further action.
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16. Identification of Source
Combining satellite images with more information layers, installations and pipelines
Oil spill from an oilrig detected from satellite where the image is overlaid with information
of pipelines and offshore installations to identify the most likely source (marked with
yellow in image to the right). The other bright dots are signatures of vessels
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17. Coordinated surveillance, satellite and airplane observation
An integrated system combining available surveillance means represents the
optimal and most cost efficient solution for environmental monitoring
Ordered satellite images may be used for planning of airplane activity
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18. Key user groups
Coastal state authorities
responsible for maritime
surveillance
•Coastal administration
•Coast guard
•Pollution control
•Border control
•Navy
Operating oil companies and oil
industry associations
•Self monitoring
•Early warning
•Meeting national requirements
•Documenting clean operations
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19. What makes KSAT different?
Vendor-neutral availability guarantees user-friendly access and one-stop-shopping
Radarsat-1/ Radarsat-2 Cosmo Skymed 1,2,3,4 WorldView-1/WorldView-2/QuickBir
What KSAT does;
Envisat TerraSAR-X/Tandem-X GeoEye Kompsat-2 QuickBird
- Order handling
- Planning
- Tasking
- Data acquisition
- Processing
- Analysing
- Dissemination
Unique infrastructure ensures
fast access and delivery in
near – real time
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20. KSAT Multi mission concept secures coverage
Multimission SAR and
optical satellite data provide
recognised situation picture:
Envisat, Radarsat, TerraSAR
Envisat/MERIS, DigitalGlobe
Copyright raw data
ESA, CSA/MDA, InfoTerra, DigitalGlobe
Data processing/analysis KSAT
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21. Satellite Radar Alone is not enough
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22. AIS from Satellite – Norwegian Capability
Northern area and marine focus
Industrial development
Ministry of Trade and Industry and Norwegian
Space Centre in the lead for AISSat-1.
European and transatlantic dimension
AISSat-2 awaiting launch. Third and larger
satellite in planning
Norways AISSat-1
Size does (not) matter - 20x20 cm
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23. A Month of Winter or Summer
01/2012
08/2011
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24. A More Equatorial Dimension
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25. Vessel/Target Detection and Identification – a core
application for:
• Oil spill pollution
• Identification of source
• Risk assessment
• Fisheries control
• Illegal fishing
• Fishing pattern
• Effort estimation
• Safety
• Maritime traffic density
• Accident risk
• Compliance with traffic separation schemes
• Security
• Border control, illegal immigration, smuggling
• Piracy
• Non-reporting vessels
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26. KSAT Vessel Detection Service
• Use of Satellite images for detecting vessels at sea
• Fisheries- monitoring and control
• Traffic safety
• Maritime security
• Methodology
• Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) for detection
• Optical images for recognition
• Correlation with AIS, VMS and LRIT
• Key customer
• European Maritime Safety Agency
Ship detected only by
satellite SAR
Ship detected by both
satellite SAR and AIS
26 © KONGSBERG 16. mai 2012
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27. Checking for illegal fishing in the NE Atlantic
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28. Two vessels at Bear Island – No AIS received
Compilation FFI
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29. Fishing vessels in the Barents Sea
Compilation FFI
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30. Barents Sea monitoring; Radarsat-2 and AISSAT-1
AISSat-1
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RADARSAT-2© MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (2011)
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31. MARISS: Barents Sea/Svalbard 24.10.2011
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32. Transhipment activity
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RADARSAT-2© McDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (2011)

33. Ice navigation
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34. Ship routing in ice waters reduces fuel,
emissions and risks
Planned route through the ice
6 hours
Actual route around the ice
3 hours
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35. Ship Routing in Ice
• Real time access to high
resolution satellite data
• Saves time
• Easiest, simplest route can be
identified
• Navigate around obstacles
• Saves money
• Less fuel consumed
• Less hull maintenance
• Less time in dry-dock and
therefore potential increase in
number of operating days per
year.
• Reduce risk
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36. Climate change – opening new shipping lanes
September 2007
Nordvest passasjen åpen
• Growing concern (orange line)
Nordø st passasjen delvis
• Increasing transport åpen (blue line).
• Eco-tourism
• Search and Rescue?
• oil-spill preparedness?
Need for enhanced monitoring
© KONGSBERG
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37. Different demands for satellite monitoring and
surveillance
Transport
Oil & Gas
Search
&
rescue
Tourism
Fisheries
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38. Maritime Situational Awareness, including
OceanSurveillance from satellite –
vessels, ice and pollution
Norway first and is the world leader with
civilian vessel and oil spill monitoring based
on radar satellites.
Requires access to new European and
Canadian satellite radar systems.
Integration of Satellite Radar and AIS a
“winning team”.
Norwegian actors in the lead: Kongsberg Seatex,
KSAT, Kongsberg Spacetec, Kongsberg
Norcontrol
As well as FFI, NORUT, NERSC, NCA, met.no
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39. C-scope from Kongsber
Norwegian Coastal Administration
Vardø Vessel Traffic Services (VTS)
• Monitoring all ships in the
Norwegian Coastal Waters
• Information exchange with
Local Maritime Safety Agency
(MSA)
• Linked to all regional VTS
centers
The KONGSBERG C-Scope VTS System
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40. Conclusions
• Satellite baser Maritime Situational Awareness
• Modern tool for large area surveillance and control
• Kongsberg capabilities are unique
• KSAT Vessel detection service is a core
component for control of
• Illegal fishing
• Oil spill detection
• Ice monitoring
• The Norwegian-Korean
cooperation is extensive
• Satellite operation
• Costal monitoring
• Maritime activity
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41. Thank you
for your attention!
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