Satellite Communications for Critical Infrastructure

Your Network Remains Stable When Others Fail.

When terrestrial networks fail, your infrastructure must keep running. With satellite communication, your operational capability stays secured, independent, resilient, and immediately ready.

NIS2-compliant

NIS2-compliant

KRITIS-DachG

KRITIS-DachG

BSI-oriented

BSI-oriented

Operational in <30 minutes

Operational in <30 minutes

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When Terrestrial Networks Fail, Your Critical Infrastructure Stands Still.

Hospitals, energy suppliers, water utilities, transport companies, food retailers, and municipal services — all classified as Critical Infrastructure (KRITIS) — rely on constant, stable communication. This is especially critical during disruptions, disasters, or cyberattacks.

The reality: it's already happening.

In recent years, cable breaks, flooding, attacks on telecommunications infrastructure, and power outages have shown time and again that relying solely on terrestrial communication is a serious risk — one that can lead to complete failure when it matters most.

Terrestrial Networks Are Vulnerable

Fibre optics, mobile networks, 5G, and radio links can all fail at the same time — brought down by natural disasters, sabotage, cyberattacks, or power outages. They all share the same critical weaknesses: dependence on power supply, shared cable routes, and a high risk of simultaneous failure.

The result: communication breaks down at precisely the moment it's needed most.

Terrestrische Netze Übersicht

 

 

Legal Requirements Make Redundant Communication Infrastructure Mandatory

New regulatory requirements — NIS2 and the KRITIS-Dachgesetz — mean that demonstrable resilience is no longer optional; it's a legal obligation. Three regulatory frameworks now require KRITIS operators in Germany to prove their communication resilience:

KRITIS & BSI-KritisV

Operators of critical infrastructure are legally required to implement appropriate organisational and technical measures to prevent disruptions — in line with the current state of the art and with regular, demonstrable compliance. Backup communication pathways are explicitly part of the regulatory expectation.

→ BSI: Kritische Infrastrukturen
NIS2-Umsetzungsgesetz

The law requires KRITIS operators to take management responsibility for emergency preparedness, conduct regular risk analyses, maintain documented evidence of backup solutions, and report significant disruptions — including communication failures.

→ Bundesregierung: NIS2-Umsetzung
KRITIS-Dachgesetz

As the German implementation of the EU CER Directive, the KRITIS-Dachgesetz sets minimum standards for physical resilience — going beyond IT security alone. Mandatory risk analyses, disruption monitoring, and cross-sector resilience obligations apply immediately to all critical facility operators.

→ Bundestag: KRITIS-Dachgesetz
BBK: Satellitenkommunikation als Ersatzlösung

The Federal Agency for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief explicitly recommends satellite communication as a backup communication solution for crisis situations, specifically for operators of critical infrastructure.

→ BBK: Kritische Infrastrukturen

Satellite Communications: The Truly Redundant Solution for Regulatory Compliance.

Physically independent from terrestrial infrastructure

Physically independent from terrestrial infrastructure

Operates without ground power supply in the field

Operates without ground power supply in the field

Fully operational within 30 minutes

Fully operational within 30 minutes

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Satellite Communication Protects Your Infrastructure

Hospital Operations & Emergency Care

Energy Distribution & Control

Water Utilities & Wastewater Treatment

Public Transport

Municipal Services & Local Government

Food Retail

Hospital Operations & Emergency Care

Hospitals depend on uninterrupted communication with emergency dispatch centres, clinical departments, and external service providers. A network outage is not an IT problem. It is a patient safety problem.

SatCom enables:

  • Control centre communication maintained even during a complete network outage
  • Backup for emergency call systems and telemedicine applications
  • Physically separate communication pathways to protect sensitive patient data

Energy Distribution & Control

Energy suppliers manage substations, network control centres, and switching facilities via data lines — often along the very same routes that are first to fail during a disruption.

SatCom enables:

  • Remote control of substations and network control centres even during a fibre cut

  • Transmission of fault reports and control data via satellite

  • Resilience against sabotage and regional outages, independent of terrestrial networks

Water Utilities & Wastewater Treatment

Pumping stations, treatment plants, and monitoring stations are often located in remote areas with limited network infrastructure. During flooding or disasters, they are the first to lose connectivity — at precisely the moment they need it most.

SatCom enables:

  • Monitoring and control of pumping stations even during mobile or landline network failure
  • Emergency communication for response teams in hard-to-reach or flooded areas

Public Transport

Control centres across rail, bus, and road transport depend on permanent data connectivity. When the connection drops, dispatch, safety, and passenger information systems are all affected simultaneously.

SatCom enables:

  • Uninterrupted control centre communication across rail, bus, and road transport
  • Continued operation of passenger information systems during a crisis
  • Independent data connectivity for dispatch and safety coordination

Municipal Services & Local Government

In a crisis, local authorities serve simultaneously as coordination centres, information hubs, and points of contact for the public. This is precisely when communication cannot afford to fail.

SatCom enables:

  • Crisis communication during major incidents — independent of local networks
  • Protection against the failure of critical public services such as citizen information and emergency alerting
  • Operational communication for mobile crisis teams and command vehicles

Food Retail

Food retail falls under the KRITIS food supply sector and is more interconnected than is often realised. Checkouts, refrigeration, and logistics all depend on data lines that are frequently classified as non-critical — yet fail regardless.

SatCom enables:

  • Checkouts & card payments: a backup link keeps sales and payment processing running
  • Refrigeration & alerting: temperature data and alarms reach control centres and technical teams even during network disruption
  • Supply chain continuity: ordering and logistics to headquarters remain available even during regional outages

Your Critical Communication Infrastructure Needs a Backup. Before It's Too Late!

Speak with our experts in the KRITIS sector. We will assess your communication architecture, identify vulnerabilities, and show you how SatCom can be integrated into your emergency planning as a fully documented resilience measure.

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