LeoSat Enterprises, founded in 2013, was a company planning to launch a constellation of low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites. Its aim was to provide high-speed, low-latency, and secure data communication services for enterprise and government markets, utilizing laser communication technology. However, LeoSat faced funding challenges and ultimately went out of business in November 2019.
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SpaceX, Telesat, and LeoSat plan to use optical intersatellite links in their constellation designs.
Thales Alenia Space purchased Ruag’s opto-electronics business line in 2016 and brought expertise in optical communications in space that could be used for LeoSat’s 108 satellites.
LeoSat signed an agreement with Skyband for services from its planned constellation of 108 Ka-band satellites.
LeoSat has prelaunch customer commitments exceeding $1,500,000,000.
LeoSat is designing its constellation with Thales Alenia Space.
LeoSat is preparing a constellation of 78 to 108 satellites at 1,400 km for global high-speed broadband connectivity.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission approved LeoSat’s constellation 2018-11.
LeoSat canceled plans to launch two prototype satellites next year and chose to perform technology validation on the ground with Thales Alenia Space and investor Sky Perfect Jsat of Japan.
LeoSat, a company licensed from the Netherlands, received FCC approval for a 78-satellite Ka-band constellation.
The FCC’s 2018-11-15 meeting docket includes authorizing two NGSO satellite systems by Kepler Communications and LeoSat and modifying existing authorizations for SpaceX and Telesat.
The Federal Communications Commission scheduled a vote for 2018-11-15 on proposed satellite constellations from Kepler Communications and LeoSat and on expansion requests from SpaceX and Telesat.
Thales Alenia Space is the preferred manufacturer for LeoSat’s planned constellation of 78 satellites.
LEOSat planned a constellation of 84 broadband satellites in low Earth orbit.
LeoSat Enterprises is partnering with Hispasat of Spain and Sky Perfect Jsat of Japan to improve the performance and reduce the cost and mass of its satellites.
LeoSat has forged memoranda of understanding with customers worth more than $1,000,000,000.
LeoSat projects that reducing required launches from 14 to seven or from 12 to six could lower total constellation costs from over $3,500,000,000 to close to $3,000,000,000.
LeoSat’s constellation design can fit eight satellites on a SpaceX Falcon 9 or an Arianespace Ariane 6 rocket under the current configuration.
Hispasat matched Sky Perfect Jsat’s investment in LeoSat’s constellation in July 2018.
LeoSat’s constellation design uses orbital planes of 14 satellites.
LeoSat designed satellites for its planned low Earth orbit constellation two to three years before 2018.