Sky Guardian
Perimeter awareness
For estates, facilities, and operators who need a 24/7 record of what crosses their airspace.
- Drone, aircraft, and helicopter classification
- Sub-second detection latency, on-device
- Geofenced alerts to phone or NVR
SkySphereby SkyMapper
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Know what’s overhead. Always.
SkySphere is a 180° all-sky AI camera. Drones, aircraft, satellites, meteors, the occasional UAP — it watches the entire sky above you and pings you the moment something shows up.
DRONE 96%
AIRCRAFT 91%
BIRD 88%
SAT 84%
FOV 180°
AI SkySphere AI
DETECT 4 objects
FPS 30.0
Built to live
on your roof.
A single sealed unit: 180° dome optics, on-device AI silicon, and a weatherproof chassis. A single A/C power cable in, your full sky out.
Your sky, your alerts
Know your sky. Get eyes on what's overhead.
Pick the things you want to know about. SkySphere watches 24/7 and pings you the moment one shows up overhead.
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Sample captures
Real frames from real units.
All captures below are unedited stills from prototype SkySphere units in the field. AI detection overlays are toggleable.
Built for situational awareness
Know what's overhead. Always.
A 180° dome, on-device AI, and persistent track IDs — SkySphere watches your full hemisphere and tells you the moment anything matters.
Verifiable capture log
Every frame is timestamped and signed at capture, so your sky log is tamper-evident. Optional, never required — capture and detection always work without it.
180° all-sky coverage
One unit, full hemisphere. No pan, no tilt, no blind spots. Every square inch above you, all the time.
On-device AI
Drones, aircraft, birds, satellites, meteors, UAP — 9 classes, all classified locally on a custom NPU. Nothing leaves your network unless you publish it.
Real-time alerts
Persistent track IDs, velocity vectors, altitude estimates. Geofenced webhooks fire the moment something crosses your perimeter.
Contribute to the network
Opt-in publishing turns your detections into part of an open sky atlas. Researchers, airports, and pilots can query it — you own the raw frames forever.
Weatherproof, set-and-forget
IP67 sealed dome. Single A/C power cable with weatherproof plug. Optional 40W solar kit for off-grid sites. Mount it level, plug it in, walk away.
More than security
One sky. Four ways to watch it.
SkySphere started as a perimeter sensor — but the same hardware that catches a drone catches meteors, satellites, migrating birds, and the wonder of a kid seeing their first ISS pass. Same dome. Different reasons to look up.
Sky Watcher
Astronomy & wonder
A meteor camera, ISS-pass capturer, and time-lapse rig in one. Auto-stacks the good frames overnight.
- Meteors, fireballs, satellites, conjunctions
- Auto-stacked all-sky time-lapses
- Personal capture archive — every frame is yours
Citizen Network
Citizen science
Every unit is a node in an open, planet-wide sky atlas — contributed by you, queryable by researchers.
- Open API for meteor & satellite trajectories
- Cross-unit triangulation of fireballs & UAP
- You opt in per-class; raw frames stay yours
Classroom
Education & outreach
A live, full-sky teaching instrument for schools, planetariums, and after-school astronomy clubs.
- Classroom dashboard with labelled tracks
- Lesson packs: orbits, meteor counts, light pollution
- Education pricing & bulk school licensing
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Live on Kickstarter now
The campaign is live.
Back SkySphere today.
SkySphere is live on Kickstarter right now. Back the project to claim founder pricing, the firmware beta, and a vote on the next AI class we ship.
- ✓ Founder pricing — lowest it will ever be
- ✓ Backer-only firmware beta invite
- ✓ Vote on the next AI class we ship
Common questions
FAQ.
SkySphere watches your full hemisphere 24/7 and pings you the moment something interesting shows up — a drone, a low-flying aircraft, an unexpected object. You're not staring at a feed; you're getting actionable alerts only when they matter.
No. Core detection runs entirely on the unit. Optional cloud archival is pay-as-you-go — no recurring fee, no lock-in.
Yes. Every detection class runs on the custom NPU inside the camera. Your video stream never leaves your local network unless you explicitly publish a capture.
A PTZ has high zoom but a 5–10° field of view at any moment — it watches one slice at a time. SkySphere watches the full hemisphere always, then digitally crops the region of interest. You never miss what was happening behind the thing you were tracking.
Yes. Universal mount, single A/C power cable with weatherproof plug, 30-second iOS/Android setup flow. Mount it level, plug it in, point your phone — done.
SkySphere is a passive optical sensor pointed at the sky. It does not transmit, jam, or interfere with anything. Legal anywhere a camera is legal — local privacy laws apply.