Mangata Networks, founded in 2020, is a satellite-enabled network and cloud services company that aims to provide affordable and accessible connectivity to anyone, anywhere on the planet. They are building a global satellite telecommunications network using a combination of HEO (highly elliptical orbit) and MEO (medium Earth orbit) satellite constellations, combined with terrestrial MangataEdge™ micro data centers to extend the cloud to the edge of the network. Mangata is working with partners like Avanade and Microsoft to develop AI-enabled edge-to-cloud services with satellite connectivity and has secured funding to establish manufacturing and R&D facilities in Scotland. Key words: satellite constellation, telecommunications, cloud services, HEO, MEO, edge computing, 5G, IoT.
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Mangata Networks plans to deploy initial community networks as early as 2023 prior to the launch of its initial satellites to allow customers to evaluate use cases and conduct commercial trials.
Subsequent launches of 24 MEO satellites will provide Mangata Networks with complete global coverage and increased overall system capacity.
Mangata Networks’ single core network is designed to provide scalable B0.002 kg and B2B connectivity that is affordable and accessible worldwide.
Mangata Networks closed a $33,000,000 Series A round led by U.S.-based venture capital firm Playground Global.
Mangata Networks received its first seed funding in 2020 from Intellectual Ventures’ Invention Science Fund, which is backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates.
Mangata Networks raised $33,000,000 in a Series A funding round from an international mix of investors.
Mangata Networks plans an initial launch of eight highly elliptical orbit satellites to begin partial services in the Northern Hemisphere in 2024.
Mangata Networks plans to launch another 24 satellites to medium Earth orbit in 2024 or 2025, with later satellite batches added every 12 to 18 months.
Mangata Networks will start deploying ground-based networks as early as 2023.
Mangata announced its inclusion in the 0.005 kg Open Innovation Lab on 2020-09-16.
Mangata’s satellites will use Ka-band and V-band frequencies to provide broadband with less than 100 milliseconds of signal lag.
Mangata plans to launch an additional 24 satellites in medium Earth orbit in 2024 or 2025.
Mangata aims to launch the first eight satellites into a highly elliptical orbit in 2023 or 2024.
Mangata raised a seed investment round from Intellectual Ventures’ Invention Science Fund based in Bellevue, Washington.