ASTRA WORLD / Network Services

Turn independent telescopes
into a shared instrument.

ASTRA WORLD is developing the software and cloud infrastructure to coordinate observations, process distributed telescope data, and connect independently built ASTRA telescopes into a growing global radio astronomy network.

In development
The future ecosystem / conceptual flow
  1. ASTRA-100 stations A · B · C · D
  2. ASTRA WORLD
  3. Shared observation

One instrument.
A much wider horizon.

ASTRA 100 is the foundation for learning, recording spectra, and developing observations. Connecting instruments opens new possibilities for coordinated experiments and future interferometry. This is the infrastructure and long-term vision we are developing.

Synchronisation / Planned

Bring observations into alignment.

A future workspace for coordinating compatible telescope recordings and checking their timing. We’re developing tools to help stations prepare for shared observations and interferometry.

Explore Synchronisation ↗ASTRA Live / Planned

Watch observations happen together.

Participating telescopes will be able to stream observation data and metadata to ASTRA during a shared session. The planned platform will coordinate incoming data, monitor station status, and support near-real-time visualisations and, as the infrastructure develops, correlation products.

Explore ASTRA Live ↗ASTRA Compute / Planned

Turn recorded observations into scientific data.

Upload recorded observations from one or multiple compatible telescopes to future ASTRA computing infrastructure for calibration, spectral analysis, and computationally intensive correlation.

Explore ASTRA Compute ↗ASTRA Network / Planned

A telescope is an instrument. A network is an observatory.

Independently built ASTRA telescopes will be able to register as stations in a growing observing ecosystem. Discover collaborators, plan shared experiments, and coordinate observations across locations.

Explore ASTRA Network ↗ASTRA Data / Planned

Every observation becomes part of a growing scientific archive.

A planned home for storing, sharing, discovering, and analysing observations from ASTRA telescopes. Structured metadata and provenance will keep each scientific product connected to the observation and processing that produced it.

Explore ASTRA Data ↗
The intended service model

Open science,
scalable infrastructure.

Telescope designs, documentation, community knowledge, and basic observation should remain accessible without a subscription. Core synchronisation and interferometry services are planned to be free. Subscriptions will support resource-intensive streaming, cloud computation, larger storage, automated processing, advanced coordination, and AI-assisted analysis.

Coming Soon

ASTRA Open

Build and observe.

  • Open designs
  • Documentation
  • Community
  • Basic observation
  • Public datasets
Coming Soon

ASTRA Live

Observe together.

  • Live network observations
  • Real-time monitoring
  • Live visualisation
  • Multi-station sessions
Coming Soon

ASTRA Compute

Process at scale.

  • Cloud processing
  • Correlation
  • Automated pipelines
  • Large datasets
Coming Soon

ASTRA Network

Coordinate the observatory.

  • Multi-station experiments
  • Scheduling
  • Network coordination
  • Distributed observations

Conceptual service tiers. Included usage and subscription details will be announced at launch.

Hardware & service pricing plans ↗

This service is in development. Features shown here describe planned capabilities.