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From the deep-space link to the science.

Space agencies and planetary missions downlink irreplaceable data that must move from globally distributed ground stations to archives and HPC analysis. Zettar fills the link at line rate, holds throughput over any distance, and scales out with no software ceiling — so mission data reaches the scientists who need it.

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Who we serveSpace agenciesPlanetary missionsDeep-space networksGround stations
The problem

The data comes back from space — then it crawls.

  • Mission and instrument downlink produces petabytes that must be moved and preserved — none of it can be recaptured.
  • Ground stations and science centers sit continents apart, with the data path measured in thousands of miles.
  • Data crawls from ground station to archive to HPC, while general-purpose tools leave the link near-empty.
  • Integrity is non-negotiable for irreplaceable, unrepeatable data — a single corrupted byte can't be re-observed.
How Zettar helps

Built for data that comes back once.

Throughput

Fills the downlink and backbone

Line rate — Zettar realizes ~90%+ of the bandwidth your path can sustain, scaling out with no software ceiling. Never the bottleneck — your infrastructure is the limit, and we reach it. On a 100 Gbps link, that's about a petabyte a day.

Distance

Global by design

Distance-insensitive — validated over real 5,000- and 12,375-mile transfers at full throughput. Move data ground station to science center, continent to continent, with no throughput penalty for the miles.

Integrity

Integrity for irreplaceable data

Unconditional end-to-end checksums and TLS on every transfer. Irreplaceable, unrepeatable mission data arrives intact and verified — exactly as it left the instrument.

Science

Feeds HPC science

File and object movement that drains archives into HPC analysis, plus a compact edge appliance for remote ground stations. Built on roots in U.S. DOE exascale science.

Proof, not promises
"Zettar moved an actual petabyte over a 5,000-mile network loop in 29 hours — encrypted and checksummed — at 96% bandwidth utilization."
— SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory & ESnet, U.S. DOE Read the record → See the paper →

That run was capped at 80 Gbps to spare the shared network — on a full 100 Gbps link, it's a petabyte a day.

12,375 mi
a real transfer at full throughput — distance-insensitive by design
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FAQ

Common questions

FAQ

How fast can Zettar move mission downlink data?

At line rate — it fills the downlink and backbone and scales out with no software ceiling, roughly 10x typical movers.

FAQ

Does it work across globally distributed ground stations?

Yes — zx is distance-insensitive, validated over real 5,000- and 12,375-mile transfers, so ground stations and science centers move data at full speed.

FAQ

How is irreplaceable data protected?

Every transfer is protected by unconditional end-to-end checksums and TLS, so nothing is silently corrupted or lost.

FAQ

Can it run at a remote ground station?

Yes — the same co-designed mover spans a compact edge appliance to the datacenter core.

FAQ

Does it feed HPC science analysis?

Yes — scale-out file and object movement keeps analysis clusters fed, with roots in U.S. DOE Exascale science.

Get started

Get mission data to the science faster.

See the zx Appliance fill the deep-space link and move irreplaceable data at speeds rsync and Globus can't reach.

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