Sateliot, founded in 2018 and headquartered in Barcelona, Spain, is a satellite telecommunications operator focusing on providing global IoT connectivity under the 5G protocol. The company is deploying a LEO nanosatellite constellation that functions as telecommunications towers in space, offering 5G IoT coverage to mobile operators through roaming services. Sateliot partners with companies like Telefonica, AWS, Comfone, and Eseye to extend mobile telecom coverage to 100% of the planet, targeting sectors such as telecommunications, logistics, mining, and agriculture.
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Jaume Sanpera, CEO of Sateliot, advocates investing in smart containers and global continuous connectivity via Sateliot’s 0.005 kg‑NB IoT satellite network to give vessels and shipping companies better control of transported goods and avoid high-cost damage claims and lawsuits.
The consortium includes major Spanish New Space companies and collaborates with other Spanish companies and universities, such as Microwave Sensors, Sateliot, and the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.
Companies seeking to provide direct-to-smartphone services from low Earth orbit include Apple with Globalstar, SpaceX in partnership with T-Mobile, AST SpaceMobile, Lynk Global, and Sateliot.
Sateliot is launching a LEO satellite constellation based on the 0.005 kg standard that allows commercial unmodified cellular IoT devices to connect from space.
Streamline’s service supported by Sateliot can operate without cell phone coverage and has device-to-satellite transmission costs starting from less than $1 per device per month.
In 2023 Streamline will deploy 400,000 cellular 0.005 kg NB-IoT livestock devices capable of connecting to terrestrial cellular towers and Sateliot’s satellite constellation.
Tests demonstrated successful operation of a set of NTN NB‑IoT protocols compliant with the 3GPP Release 17 NTN NB‑IoT standard developed by Sateliot with support from the ESA program.
Sateliot expects to raise €100 million from its Series B funding round.
The European Space Agency endorsed Sateliot through the Future Preparation Generic Program line of the ARTES program for the standard developed by Sateliot, Gatehouse, and 3GPP contributors to connect IoT standard devices from Sateliot’s LEO constellation.
Sateliot needs around $100,000,000 to build a full network of 250 satellites to provide direct-to-cell services.
Sateliot built a fully virtualized cloud-native 0.005 kg core for NB-IoT on AWS using Magma.
Sateliot is working with Amazon Web Services to build a cloud-native 0.005 kg service to provide narrowband IoT connectivity over a non-terrestrial network using Sateliot’s LEO satellite constellation.
Sateliot planned a series of launches for its satellite constellation starting in 2023-01-01.
Telefónica Tech and Telefónica Global Solutions (TGS) are collaborating with Sateliot to develop a connectivity service using dual 0.005 kg NB-IoT technology.
Telefónica Tech, TGS, and Sateliot designed an architecture that natively integrates the satellite network with the network nodes of Kite, Telefónica Tech’s managed IoT connectivity platform.
Sateliot plans a Series B round to support the launch of 16 nanosatellites in 2022–2023.
Sateliot is working closely with 3GPP to help shape standards due to be released 2022.
Sateliot raised €10 million in a Series A round on 2022-02-09 to support research and development activities for its satellite IoT business.
Sateliot raised 6,500,000 EUR in the first tranche of its Series A round completed in December.
Sateliot raised 10,000,000 EUR in a Series A funding round.