Nordic Semiconductor is a semiconductor company that specializes in low-power wireless communication solutions. While not a traditional space company, its technology is increasingly relevant to the space industry, particularly for IoT applications. Nordic Semiconductor is partnering with companies like Iridium to integrate its chipssets into devices that can connect to satellite networks, enabling global connectivity for IoT devices. Their key products include LTE-M and NB-IoT modules and chipsets, and they work with various brands in the consumer, industrial, and healthcare sectors.
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Myriota uses Nordic Semiconductor’s nRF9151 system-on-chip microarchitecture in a primary technical partnership for HyperPulse.
The Nordic Semiconductor nRF9151 chipset is a mass-market component already deployed across terrestrial IoT networks.
OQ Technology completed an end-to-end 5G NB-IoT link between its low Earth orbit constellation and a standard Nordic Semiconductor nRF9151 chipset with no hardware modifications in December 2025.
Nordic Semiconductor, Sateliot, OQ Technology, Skylo, and Kyocera AVX are listed as technology partners in Deutsche Telekom's Multi-Orbit Early Adopter Program.
Nordic Semiconductor's nRF9151 collapses the satellite IoT stack, including GNSS and NTN modem firmware, into a single System-in-Package.
Nordic Semiconductor's nRf9151 device transmitted data unchanged during the test.
The demonstration utilized the Nordic Semiconductor nRF9151, a low-power cellular IoT module, to transmit data directly to space without any specialized hardware modifications or proprietary software overrides.
OQ Technology successfully completed an end-to-end 5G NB-IoT link between its Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation and standard terrestrial chipsets from Nordic Semiconductor on December 17, 2025.
The collaboration with Nordic Semiconductor validates that the hardware for the next generation of global connectivity is already available to developers.
Nordic Semiconductor has launched new modem firmware that adds Non-Terrestrial Network (satellite) support to the nRF9151 module.
Nordic Semiconductor has launched the nRF9151 SMA Development Kit (DK) with satellite connectivity at its core.
Sateliot and Nordic Semiconductor achieved the first-ever 5G IoT transmission from a standard commercial cellular IoT device using its Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation.
The demonstration involved sending an end-to-end message using the low-power nRF9151 IoT module from Nordic Semiconductor, which is the market's lowest power solution with leading battery life performance.
The project was developed in collaboration with Nordic Semiconductor and Gatehouse Satcom, leveraging their expertise to validate the end-to-end solution according to the 5G NB-IoT Release 17 standard.
Semtech and Nordic Semiconductor collaborated to provide seamless and persistent connectivity to Amazon Sidewalk.