Swarm Technologies
| Constellation area |
IoT / M2M |
| Constellation info |
World's smallest two-way communication satellites. FCC applications for 150 VHF and 450 UHF 0.25U CubeSats.
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| Constellation status |
Retired, Launches completed |
| Launched satellites |
189 |
| Planned satellites |
150 |
| Satellite size |
0.25U, 1U |
| Manufacturer |
In-house |
| First launch |
2018 |
| Launch cadence |
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| Schedule tracking |
Partially behind
"Full constellation of 150 operating in low Earth orbit by the end of 2019." |
| Notes |
- Customers pay $119 for Swarm Tiles, low-power modems to embed in devices, in addition to $5 per device per month for Swarm service.
- Regulatory approval to operate commercially gained in early 2020.
- 2020 YEAR IN REVIEW, 2021-01-06.
- Satellite operators see acquisition opportunities, 2021-09-07.
- Swarm Technologies, Inc. seeks a Petition for Declaratory Ruling to Access the U.S. Market for a non-voice, non-geostationary mobile-satellite service system consisting of 450 satellites in low Earth orbit operating in the 399.9-400.05 MHz (Earth-to-space.
- Acquired by SpaceX in mid 2021.
- SpaceX is now advertising Swarm satellite Internet of Things connectivity on its Starlink website, with IoT service at $5 per month. Swarm’s baseline subscription supports 750 data packets a month (up to 150kB per device per month).
- SpaceX paid $524M for its 2021 acquisition of Swarm, mostly in stock (Wall Street Journal, 2023-08-17).
- Starlink's Swarm IoT service is transitioning to LTE satellite based service based on Gen 2 satellites, but will continue to support its existing Swarm users, and launch more satellites in the Swarm constellation.
- Swarm Technologies' store-and-forward VHF satellite constellation is being sunsetted. Commercial service will end in March 2025.
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| Photos |
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| Photo source |
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| Logo |
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| Company name |
Swarm Technologies (SpaceX) |
| Oneliner |
Swarm provides the world’s lowest cost, global connectivity for IoT devices.
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| Funding |
$27.7M |
| Nation |
US |
| Established |
2017 |
| Socials |
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Own nanosats
launched |
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Last modified: 2024-12-31
