AWS Ground Station Locations - AWS Ground Station

AWS Ground Station Locations

AWS Ground Station provides a global network of ground stations in close proximity to our global network of AWS infrastructure regions. You can configure your use of these locations from any supported AWS Region. This includes the AWS Region in which data is delivered.

Map showing shared locations with antenna and data delivery regions marked.

Finding the AWS region for a ground station location

The AWS Ground Station global network includes ground station locations that are not physically located in the AWS Region to which they are connected. The list of ground stations that you have access to can be retrieved via the AWS SDK ListGroundStation response. The full list of ground station locations is presented below, with more coming soon. Please refer to the onboarding guide to add or modify site approvals for your satellites.

Ground Station Name Ground Station Location AWS Region Name AWS Region Code Notes
Alaska 1 Alaska, USA US West (Oregon) us-west-2 Not physically located in an AWS region
Bahrain 1 Bahrain Middle East (Bahrain) me-south-1
Cape Town 1 Cape Town, South Africa Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1
Dubbo 1 Dubbo, Australia Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2 Not physically located in an AWS region
Hawaii 1 Hawaii, USA US West (Oregon) us-west-2 Not physically located in an AWS region
Ireland 1 Ireland Europe (Ireland) eu-west-1
Ohio 1 Ohio, USA US East (Ohio) us-east-2
Oregon 1 Oregon, USA US West (Oregon) us-west-2
Punta Arenas 1 Punta Arenas, Chile South America (São Paulo) sa-east-1 Not physically located in an AWS region
Seoul 1 Seoul, South Korea Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2
Singapore 1 Singapore Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1
Stockholm 1 Stockholm, Sweden Europe (Stockholm) eu-north-1

AWS Ground Station supported AWS regions

You can deliver data and configure your Contacts via the AWS SDK or the AWS Ground Station console from supported AWS Regions. You can view the supported regions and their associated endpoints at the AWS Ground Station endpoints and quotas.

Digital twin availability

Use the AWS Ground Station digital twin feature is available in all AWS Regions where AWS Ground Station is available. Digital twin ground stations are exact copies of production ground stations with a modifying prefix to Ground Station Name of “Digital Twin ”. For example, "Digital Twin Ohio 1" is a digital twin ground station that is an exact copy of the "Ohio 1" production ground station.