Maritime satellite tracking, telemetry and communications
At best, cellular coverage extends about 15 nautical miles (28 km) out to sea, so if you’re travelling away from the coast, you’ll need a satellite-based solution for your maritime connectivity requirements. From IoT data to voice calls, Ground Control has you covered.
Ground Control supplies fishing trawlers, yacht races, fisheries, data buoys, container ships and military vessels with tracking, telemetry and communication solutions. We design and build our own devices, and work with a wide variety of partners to ensure that we can deliver precisely the right combination of hardware, airtime and data you need.
Vessel tracking and telemetry
Capable of sending a precise location in close to real-time, these devices can also capture sensor data including distance travelled, fuel used, catch weights, speed, water levels, water temperature, and more.
With global coverage, and hybrid satellite and cellular connectivity, with Ground Control you will always be connected.
Why work with Ground Control on your maritime connectivity requirements?
We design and build our products
Fully featured APIs and documentation
Cloudloop device management
Data pooling
Pole to pole coverage
20 years experience
Maritime satellite communications in operation
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17th July 2023Keeping Canada’s Waterways Clean and Safe with RockBLOCK Plus
2,700 wrecked boats present a hazard for Canada’s pristine marine environment. Incorporated into Barnacle Systems’ Rapid Deploy units, here’s the role satellite IoT plays in the clean-up operation.
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19th December 2022Vessel Tracking
We specialise in hybrid cellular and satellite connectivity to improve your vessel tracking. Manage safety and efficiency through our reliable solutions.
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10th January 2015M2M Communication for Smaller Vessels
‘Big data’ has become part of the maritime lexicon in recent years. It’s hailed as the answer to achieving operational efficiencies, and is part of the reason that the demand for bandwidth at sea continues to grow.
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12th July 2018RockFLEET Approved by Queensland for VMS
The proven RockFLEET global tracking and messaging system, manufactured by Ground Control, has been selected as one of four approved devices in a mandated scheme to install a Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) to all commercial fishing boats in Queensland, Australia.
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23rd July 2018Mapping Ocean Fronts with Robotic Fleets and the RockBLOCK
Led by Dr. João Borges de Sousa of the Laboratório de Sistemas e Tecnologia Subaquática (LSTS) of Portugal, a multinational, multidisciplinary team of scientists have designed, built, and deployed seven autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) in the North Pacific Subtropical Ocean Front using the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor.
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20th September 2018Team Peruagus Uses RockBLOCK to Rule the Waves
Researching how autonomous technology can be applied in the maritime industry, six ship science students from the University of Southampton designed and built the Peruagus, an autonomous solar-powered boat.
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5th September 2018The Ocean Cleanup
The Ocean Cleanup came up with an ingenious, cost-effective system that uses nature to help collect the plastic garbage floating in the ocean.
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11th May 2019RockBLOCK selected for KTH Sweden Underwater Sensing Buoy
The Royal Institute of Technology of Sweden developed the LoTUS (long-term underwater sensing) buoy, a system for collecting oceanographic data from perhaps the most remote place on the planet – the polar region seafloor.
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