awesome-satellite-network

This repo collects academic papers/open-source projects/conference talks/frameworks/tools related to the research of satellite networks.

Table of Content

• Full papers
  • Routing/Topology
  • Direct-to-cell Satellite Network
  • Security
  • Measurement
  • Earth Observation Satellites
  • Transport
  • Edge Computing
  • Satellite IoT
  • Hardware
  • Platform
• Workshops
• Tutorials
• Projects
• Datasets

Full papers

Routing/Topology

• Stable Hierarchical Routing for Operational LEO Networks (MobiCom 24)
• A Networking Perspective on Starlink’s Self-Driving LEO Mega-Constellation (MobiCom 23)
• Achieving Resilient and Performance-Guaranteed Routing in Space-Terrestrial Integrated Networks (INFOCOM 23)
• Enabling Low-latency-capable Satellite-Ground Topology for Emerging LEO Satellite Networks (INFOCOM 22)
• Geographic Low-Earth-Orbit Networking without QoS Bottlenecks from Infrastructure Mobility (IWQoS 22)
• Towards Sustainable Multi-Tier Space Networking for LEO Satellite Constellations (IWQoS 22) (Best Paper Award Runner-up)
• Mobility- and Load-Adaptive Controller Placement and Assignment in LEO Satellite Networks (INFOCOM 21)
• “Internet in Space” for Terrestrial Users via Cyber-Physical Convergence (HotNets 21)
• “Internet from Space” without Inter-satellite Links (HotNets 20)
• Dynamically Adaptive Cooperation Transmission among Satellite-Ground Integrated Networks (INFOCOM 20)
• Network topology design at 27,000 km/hour (CoNEXT 19)
• Using ground relays for low-latency wide-area routing in megaconstellations (HotNets 19)
• Delay is Not an Option: Low Latency Routing in Space (HotNets 18)
• Networking in Heaven as on Earth (HotNets 18)
• Gearing up for the 21st century space race (HotNets 18)

Direct-to-cell Satellite Network

• Democratizing Direct-to-Cell Low Earth Orbit Satellite Networks (NSDI 24)(Outstanding Paper Award)
• A Case for Stateless Mobile Core Network Functions in Space (SIGCOMM 22)

Security

Location Privacy

• Orbital Trust and Privacy: SoK on PKI and Location Privacy Challenges in Space Networks (USENIX Security 24)
• RECORD: A RECeption-Only Region Determination Attack on LEO Satellite Users (USENIX Security 24)
• Don't Shoot the Messenger: Localization Prevention of Satellite Internet Users (S&P 24)

Software Security

• Space Odyssey: An Experimental Software Security Analysis of Satellites (S&P 23)(Distinguished Paper Awards)
• SOS: Isolated Health Monitoring System to Save Our Satellites (Mobisys 21)

DDoS

• Time-varying Bottleneck Links in LEO Satellite Networks: Identification, Exploits, and Countermeasures (NDSS 25)
• StarMaze: Ring-based Attack in Satellite Internet Constellations (IWQoS 24)
• ICARUS: Attacking Low Earth Orbit Satellite Networks (USENIX ATC 21)

Physical Security

• Mars Attacks! Software Protection Against Space Radiation(HotNets 23)
• On Detecting Deception in Space Situational Awareness (Asia CCS 21)

Protocol Security

• The Dark Side of Scale: Insecurity of Direct-to-Cell Satellite Mega-Constellations (S&P 24)
• VSAsTer: Uncovering Inherent Security Issues in Current VSAT System Practices (WiSec 24)
• QPEP: An Actionable Approach to Secure and Performant Broadband From Geostationary Orbit (NDSS 21)
• A Tale of Sea and Sky On the Security of Maritime VSAT Communications (S&P 20)
• Secrets in the Sky: On Privacy and Infrastructure Security in DVB-S Satellite Broadband (WiSec 19)
• Don’t Trust Satellite Phones: A Security Analysis of Two Satphone Standards (S&P 12)

Trust

• V'CER: Efficient Certificate Validation in Constrained Networks (USENIX Security 22)
• Orbit-based Authentication Using TDOA Signatures in Satellite Networks (WiSec 21)

Energy Attack

• Energy Drain Attack in Satellite Internet Constellations (IWQoS 23)

Spoofing

• Wireless Signal Injection Attacks on VSAT Satellite Modems (USENIX Security 24)
• Watch This Space: Securing Satellite Communication through Resilient Transmitter Fingerprinting (CCS 23)
• Satellite Spoofing from A to Z: On the Requirements of Satellite Downlink Overshadowing Attacks (WiSec 23)
• GNSS spoofing detection via opportunistic IRIDIUM signals (WiSec 20)

Measurement

• Democratizing LEO Satellite Network Measurement (SIGMETRICS 24)
• Don’t Forget the User: It’s Time to Rethink Network Measurements (HotNets 23)
• LEO Satellite vs. Cellular Networks: Exploring the Potential for Synergistic Integration (CoNEXT 23)
• Making Sense of Constellations: Methodologies for Understanding Starlink's Scheduling Algorithms (CoNEXT 23)
• Dissecting the Performance of Satellite Network Operators (CoNEXT 23)
• Network Characteristics of LEO Satellite Constellations: A Starlink-Based Measurement from End Users (INFOCOM 23)
• A First Look at Starlink Performance (IMC 22)
• A Browser-side View of Starlink Connectivity (IMC 22)
• When satellite is all you have: watching the internet from 550 ms (IMC 22)

Earth Observation Satellites

• Known Knowns and Unknowns: Near-realtime Earth Observation Via Query Bifurcation in Serval (NSDI 24)
• Transmitting, Fast and Slow: Scheduling Satellite Traffic through Space and Time (MobiCom 23)
• UbiPose: Towards Ubiquitous Outdoor AR Pose Tracking using Aerial Meshes (Mobicom 23)
• FALCON: Towards Fast and Scalable Data Delivery for Emerging Earth Observation Constellations (INFOCOM 23)
• L2D2: Low Latency Distributed Downlink for Low Earth Orbit Satellites (SIGCOMM 21)
• OrbitCast: Exploiting Mega-Constellations for Low-Latency Earth Observation (ICNP 21)
• A Distributed and Hybrid Ground Station Network for Low Earth Orbit Satellites (HotNets 20)

Transport

• SatGuard: Concealing Endless and Bursty Packet Losses in LEO Satellite Networks for Delay-Sensitive Web Applications (WWW 24)

• SaTCP: Link-Layer Informed TCP Adaptation for Highly Dynamic LEO Satellite Networks (INFOCOM 23)
• SPACERTC: Unleashing the Low-latency Potential of Mega-constellations for Real-Time Communications (INFOCOM 22)
• Time-Varying Resource Graph Based Resource Model for Space-Terrestrial Integrated Networks (INFOCOM 21)
• Cooperatively Constructing Cost-Effective Content Distribution Networks upon Emerging Low Earth Orbit Satellites and Clouds (ICNP 21)
• Lightweight Retransmission for Random Access in Satellite Networks (INFOCOM 18)

Edge Computing

• Deciphering the Enigma of Satellite Computing with COTS Devices: Measurement and Analysis (Mobicom 24)
• In-orbit Computing: An Outlandish thought Experiment? (HotNets 20)

Satellite IoT

• Spectrumize: Spectrum-efficient Satellite Networks for the Internet of Things (NSDI 24)

Hardware

• PMSat: Optimizing Passive Metasurface for Low Earth Orbit Satellite Communication (Mobicom 23)
• Towards Dual-band Reconfigurable Metamaterial Surfaces for Satellite Networking (HotNets 22)
• Hummingbird: Energy Efficient GPS Receiver for Small Satellites (Mobicom 20)

Platform

• StarryNet: Empowering Researchers to Evaluate Futuristic Integrated Space and Terrestrial Networks (NSDI 23)
• A community-driven approach to democratize access to satellite ground stations (MobiCom 21)
• StarPerf: Characterizing Network Performance for Emerging Mega-Constellations (ICNP 20)

Workshops

• Workshop on Security of Space and Satellite Systems (SpaceSec) (NDSS 23)
• LEO-NET 2023 The 1st ACM Workshop on LEO Networking and Communication 2023 (Mobicom 23)
• 1st ACM Workshop on Satellite Networking and Computing (SatCom) (Mobicom 23)
• First Workshop on 6G Enablers: Satellite, Qualitative and Semantic Communications (ICNP 23)

Tutorials

• Integrated Satellite-Terrestrial Network (ISTN) (SIGCOMM 21)

Projects

Simulator

• CosmicBeats Simulator
• StarryNet
• StarPerf
• 6GSPACELab

Visualization

• Starlink.sx
• See Starlink
• Satellitemap.space

Orbit

• Skyfield
• ESA's Space Debris Software

Dataset

Orbit data

• Space-track
• Celetrack