Sateliot (GroundBreaker)

• The rest of the constellation will be launched by the end of 2022 to provide global coverage to IoT operators.
• The company has already launched two satellites and is aiming to launch four more by the end of 2023.
• As a precursor to full commercial deployment, Sateliot will operate a constellation of 10 smallsats to facilitate initial introduction and development of its 2GHz MSS/IoT offering.
• The first of five nanosatellites in 2023 was sent into space on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on April 15, 2023. Sateliot planning calls for an expansion to 64 nanosatellites in 2024 and 250 in 2025.
• Expand the fleet to 68 satellites over the next 18 months. More satellites would reduce latency, and Sateliot ultimately plans to deploy 250 nanosatellites in three years.

https://spacenews.com/jumping-on-the-direct-to-cell-bandwagon/

• Sateliot is leading a consortium of a dozen companies and the Spanish Ministry of Defense, as a potential user, to deploy the nanosat constellation, the company said; the project involves an investment of €176 million and has been submitted to the Spanish Ministry of Industry.
• Spanish satellite-IoT startup Sateliot received EUR 640,000 ($702,000) loan to finance 2d sat, to launch late this year, from Spanish Industry Ministry's Enisa innovation fund, which made initial EUR 100,000 loan in 2019.
• 5G-IoT will unquestionably be the next big thing in the space industry.
• Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) and G+D subsidiary Pod Group yesterday announced their partnership with Sateliot, the 5G satellite operator headquartered in San Diego. This partnership will enable G+D to offer users of its IoT services true global coverage. Whenever a terrestrial cellular connection is unavailable, roaming to a satellite network is automatic.
• Deployment of NB-IoT NTN Core Network Functions on Software Defined Radio (SDR) Nanosatellites: Approach and Performance Assessment, IAC 2023.
• Sateliot successfully secured €13.5 million in funding over the past year, propelling swift progress towards a full commercial launch in 2024, 2024-01-10.
• Spanish startup Sateliot seeks funds for 64 more connectivity satellites, SpaceNews, 2024-01-12 Open Cosmos provided Sateliot’s first test satellite and Bulgaria’s Endurosat built the second, but a manufacturer for the rest of the constellation has not been disclosed.
• Alén Space designs and manufactures four satellites for Sateliot’s 5G constellation, 2024-03-27.

Sateliot’s unique satellite constellation is based on standard 5G IoT, allowing standard cellular devices to connect in a seamless way.

• 3B5GSAT (Sateliot-1, 3rd Generation Before 5th Generation Satellite)

• Sateliot_1
• Sateliot_2
• Sateliot_3
• Sateliot_4

• Platform-3 (Sateliot-0, Sateliot_0, GroundBreaker)