UK-DMC satellite built by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) is the first to use the bundle protocol for transferring information via an IP system to quicken the process. The UK-DMC satellite is a member of the Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC), used for observing Earth’s major disasters and commercial land monitoring. Since there are four DMC satellites in daily use in orbit that rely on standard Internet Protocol (IP) networking to send mission-critical imagery to ground stations, these satellites cause a minor disruption in interacting with terrestrial networks. Proactive bundle fragmentation protects against the disruption and link outage that occurs when two separate satellite passes over the ground station. SSTL's high-performance Saratoga protocol enabled the bundles to be transferred quickly and effectively to the ground.

The research done using the Bundle protocol will be publicly presented on 30 September at the 59th International Astronautical Congress 2008 in Glasgow, where SSTL will also be exhibiting.

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