Mangata Networks

Mangata Networks has signed a partnership with Microsoft to develop an AI-enabled edge cloud product connected via satellite.

Mangata Networks will deliver Azure adaptive cloud solutions designed for edge use cases in collaboration with Microsoft.

The pilot phase of Mangata Networks’ pre-integrated solutions in customer trial networks is scheduled to commence in the late second quarter of 2024 ahead of Mangata’s planned constellation launch.

Mangata’s Maritime Global Headquarters will include a systems infrastructure R&D center that provides data and continuous feedback for satellite and ground network optimization to support Mangata’s satellite constellation.

Mangata Networks will train support staff at its Maritime Global Headquarters to oversee, operate, and develop tools for optimal network function.

Mangata’s Maritime Global Headquarters will include a maritime commercial testbed consisting of a network of maritime-optimized edge micro data centers built to research and test hardware configurations, demonstrate network capabilities, and act as a testbed for Mangata and third-party solutions.

Mangata’s Prestwick facility will produce and test more than 24 medium-class satellites every three months.

Mangata intends to use its Prestwick facility to test the created network with customers and to incubate Scottish startups.

From the Prestwick engineering hub, Mangata Networks will establish an operations center to manage its satellite systems and global network.

Mangata’s Prestwick factory will include a satellite operations center to operate satellites after launch, a network operations centre to operate the end-to-end global communications network, and an R&D center to develop intelligent microEdge data centres.

Mangata’s customer base has committed over 1.5 Tbps pre-launch, nearing full capacity of the company’s initial 32 satellites.

Mangata’s Prestwick facility is capable of qualifying, integrating, and testing satellites up to 1,500 kg in size for the space and launch environments.

The funding and assistance package supporting Mangata’s Prestwick hub totals more than £83.7 million from Scottish Enterprise, the Scottish Government, the UK Government, and South Ayrshire Council.

The UK Government is investing £10 million towards Mangata’s cutting-edge facilities as part of £32 million support for Ayrshire’s space and aerospace program.

The funding package for Mangata’s Prestwick hub comprises £54.5 million from Scottish Enterprise and £29.2 million from the Ayrshire Growth Deal provided on commercial terms and to be repaid over the next 15 years.

Mangata’s satellites will be spread across medium Earth orbit (MEO) and highly elliptical orbit (HEO) to provide high-speed internet services to aviation, cellular backhaul, and other connectivity markets.

Mangata Networks signed a $100,000,000 financing deal on 2022-12-05 to build a manufacturing facility in Scotland.

Scottish Enterprise invested 54 million British pounds to construct the Mangata hub, including a $3,000,000 investment in Mangata’s $33,000,000 Series A investment round in January.

Once up to speed, Mangata Networks could produce and test 24 satellites up to 1,500 kg every three months at the Prestwick facility.

Scottish Enterprise awarded Mangata Networks 3.6 million British pounds in research and development grant funding in March.