鴻海科技集團
Foxconn Technology Group, formally known as Hon Hai Precision Industry, is a global electronics manufacturer that has recently expanded into the space industry. The company is involved in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite technology, with the launch of its first two prototype communications satellites, Pearl-1H and Pearl-1C, in November 2023. Foxconn aims to provide specialized communication services and is developing key components, subsystems, and assembly integration testing solutions for the new space industry, partnering with organizations like the Taiwan Space Agency (TASA) and supplying user terminals to companies like Eutelsat OneWeb. Associated keywords include LEO satellites, broadband communications, 5G, and satellite manufacturing.
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PEARL-1A and PEARL-1B are two 6U XL CubeSats built by Foxconn and Taiwan’s National Central University to test advanced inter-satellite communication links.
Foxconn’s PEARL-1A and PEARL-1B mission is part of its 3+3 strategic initiative for next-generation communications and space-based hardware validation.
Foxconn will use a multi-month commissioning period to calibrate the PEARL communication payloads and begin intersatellite relay tests.
Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) launched its second-generation low-Earth orbit satellites PEARL-1A and PEARL-1B on Sunday, May 3.
PEARL-1A and PEARL-1B established initial contact with Foxconn’s ground receiving stations after orbital insertion.
Foxconn plans to use data from the PEARL mission to design a commercial-scale constellation for global supply chain tracking and environmental monitoring services.
Foxconn’s PEARL program builds on the PEARL-1H and PEARL-1C proof-of-concept cubesats launched in late 2023.
Ingrasys is a subsidiary of Foxconn Technology Group.
Ramon.Space raised $26,000,000 last year from investors that included a United Arab Emirates sovereign wealth fund and Ingrasys, a subsidiary of Foxconn.
Foxconn established the Hon Hai Research Institute in 2020 to develop technologies including quantum computing and semiconductor devices using next-generation materials.
Foxconn’s annual revenue is roughly $200,000,000,000 and its net profit margin is about 1% to 2%.
Foxconn launched two experimental satellites on a SpaceX rocket that took off from California in November.
The SiliconAuto joint venture is the product of a December 2021 agreement between Stellantis and Foxconn to develop a family of semiconductors for automotive applications.
Foxconn purchased the Lordstown, Ohio facility in 2022.
The manufacturing agreement with Monarch Tractor is Foxconn’s first manufacturing contract since acquiring the Lordstown facility.
Foxconn will construct driverless electric tractors for California-based Monarch Tractor at its Lordstown, Ohio facility beginning in 2023.