Sateliot launched five new satellites for its 5G NTN IoT network as scheduled, bringing the total number of satellites it has launched since founding to 11.
The company says the mission is meant to raise connection frequency and service capacity in areas without terrestrial mobile coverage.
What Sateliot changed in this mission
The five satellites will double the average number of daily passes and halve revisit time, according to Sateliot. They also carry an optimized payload, a more reliable onboard data storage system, upgraded onboard central computer and attitude control system, and more radiation-resilient memory systems.
The satellites orbit at 510 km. Each unit measures 20 x 10 x 35 centimeters, weighs 10 kilograms, and has an operational lifetime of five years.
Who built and integrated the spacecraft
Alen Space manufactured the satellites and Exolaunch handled their integration with the launch vehicle.
Sateliot says the spacecraft act as telecommunications towers in space and extend mobile-operator coverage through wholesale agreements for Internet of Things services beyond terrestrial networks.
Read for satellite IoT wholesale buyers
Sateliot is still selling a wholesale model, not a direct consumer service. For mobile operators and IoT integrators, the disclosed mechanics are the coverage extension, the higher pass frequency, and the five-year unit life.
That matters because Sateliot is positioning the constellation as a single system that will grow to more than 500 satellites across successive generations, including massive IoT, higher-capacity services, mission-critical services, and direct-to-device capabilities.
How Sateliot frames the buildout
Sateliot CEO and co-founder Jaume Sanpera said the company has validated the technology and is increasing capacity and service regularity to scale with mobile operators.
Sanpera said Sateliot’s goal is to make satellite connectivity a natural extension of mobile networks where terrestrial coverage does not reach, and to evolve toward more critical and resilient services using standards-based, interoperable infrastructure.
He also said Sateliot is building a European telecommunications infrastructure based on its own technology and the 3GPP standard, with global ambitions.