Satellite monitoring is a surveillance system, which is based on satellite navigation, technology with radio or cellular devices and various computer equipment, as well as digitized maps.

This method of receiving location information and other details is considered the most convenient because it doesn't require special work.

Satellite monitoring of transport is used for solving transport logistics problems in transportation management systems and automated vehicle fleet management systems. For example, satellite monitoring of crops allows you to track positive and negative plant development dynamics by observing changes in the vegetation index obtained through spectral analysis of high-resolution satellite imagery – on individual fields or for individual crops.

1. One of the key fields of application of satellite monitoring is transport. Significant is the application of satellite navigation and monitoring exactly. The principle of operation is based on tracking and further analysis of the temporal and spatial coordinates of any vehicle. Nowadays, two methods are implemented: online (information is transmitted remotely) and offline (information is viewed on arrival at the control center). In addition, there is satellite monitoring of deformations – for detecting even the smallest changes in the structure.

2. Satellite monitoring is also used in agriculture. The system makes it possible to control the location of machinery and the parameters of its use – for example, the speed at any time. Therefore, it's possible to automatically calculate the amount of work performed and the degree of fuel consumption.
3. The use of satellite monitoring is used in public administration as well. It includes controlling infrastructure, tracking natural resources, and protecting society from risks. Thus, it will help improve the protection of natural resources, get timely analysis of geographical areas of interest, and detect illegal changes in land use.
4. Energy and infrastructure. Reliable and up-to-date satellite imagery can quickly provide accessible information on energy assets and production, assess competitors' activities, production methods, and equipment.

Satellite vehicle monitoring software usually has many interfaces. User login to the monitoring system is most often password-protected to prevent public access to information. There is a certain hierarchical structure in the systems, in which the administrator of the monitoring system manages the access rights of different users to different monitoring objects and different program functions.

The most common functions that are present in most satellite monitoring systems are:

1. connecting and configuring trackers in the system;
2. connection and configuration of sensors in the system;
3. monitoring the current position of the vehicle on the map;
4. monitoring the status of devices and sensors of the vehicle;
5. creation of points of interest and geofences on the map;
6. control of moving from/to a geo-fence;
7. setup of notifications sent by the system when certain events occur (speeding, fuel dumping, etc.);
8. setting up report templates, as well as execution of reports;
9. construction of graphs based on the system data;
10. creation of routes and waypoints and control of route compliance.