Thales Group
SaaS tooling for configuring and coordinating IoT infrastructure across satellite ground stations with real-time telemetry pipelines.
IoT Infrastructure & Real-Time Telemetry
Thales Group is a French multinational company that designs, develops, and manufactures electrical systems as well as devices and equipment for the aerospace, defense, transportation, and security sectors. Headquartered in Paris, the company is a leader in digital identity, defense systems, aerospace equipment, and ground transportation solutions, serving government agencies, commercial enterprises, and critical infrastructure operators globally.
Founded
2000
Headquarters
Paris
Project Overview
Built real-time telemetry systems and backend services for IoT infrastructure coordination across distributed ground stations.
The Challenge
Thales needed SaaS tooling capable of configuring and coordinating IoT infrastructure across multiple satellite ground stations. The systems required real-time telemetry pipelines operating under strict latency and uptime constraints with 99.9% availability targets. Operations teams needed interfaces to monitor and manage the distributed infrastructure, while backend services had to handle millions of IoT data points flowing from geographically dispersed ground station locations.
The Solution
Built real-time telemetry pipelines using Go and Kafka to handle millions of data streams under strict latency requirements. Go services acted as high-performance Kafka consumers processing satellite telemetry with sub-millisecond overhead. Developed Java and Kotlin microservices for satellite configuration APIs and IoT coordination across ground stations. Implemented database solutions with Postgres and MongoDB optimized for time-series telemetry data. Created Python scripts for automation and system orchestration. Built React dashboards for operations teams to monitor satellite and ground station infrastructure in real-time. Deployed on Azure with Docker and Kubernetes for consistent, scalable operations across distributed environments.
Technology Stack
Backend services in Java, Kotlin, and Go with Kafka for real-time telemetry, Python for automation, React interfaces for operations teams, and cloud-native deployment on Azure with Kubernetes.
Java
Kotlin
Kafka
React
Python
Azure
Kubernetes
Docker
Postgres
Go
Kafka
Apache Kafka formed the backbone of the real-time telemetry pipelines, processing millions of IoT events from distributed ground stations. Event streaming handled satellite data under strict latency constraints below 100ms. The architecture ensured reliable data delivery with exactly-once semantics while maintaining the throughput required for continuous IoT monitoring.
Results & Impact
Real-time telemetry pipelines processing millions of IoT events under strict latency constraints
SaaS platform coordinating satellite IoT infrastructure across distributed ground stations
Java, Kotlin, and Go microservices providing high-availability APIs with 99.9% uptime
Go and Kafka pipeline handling satellite telemetry with sub-100ms latency
Operations dashboards providing real-time visibility across ground station network
Cloud-native deployment enabling zero-downtime updates and automated scaling
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