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Lynk plans to deploy 5,000 satellites to improve global coverage.
Lynk Global recently deployed two additional satellites to improve coverage and capabilities while remaining far short of its plan to deploy 5,000 satellites for full global service.
Lynk ultimately plans to deploy 5,000 satellites in low Earth orbit for global direct-to-smartphone connectivity.
Lynk Global plans to deploy two more one-meter-squared satellites early next year via SpaceX’s next Falcon 9 rideshare mission.
Rogers and Lynk Global, Inc. completed Canada’s first successful satellite-to-mobile phone call using Samsung S22 smartphones.
Lynk Global plans to launch an initial service 2023 with Telikom, bmobile’s parent company, in Papua New Guinea.
Lynk Global plans to deploy three additional one-meter-squared satellites this fall as part of a proposed constellation of 5,000 satellites.
Lynk Global expects to expand satellite-enabled coverage to two more Palau islands before the end of 2023 and across Palau’s more than 300 islands and surrounding waters by March.
Lynk Global currently has three satellites in low Earth orbit and plans to deploy at least another three before the end of 2023 to provide initially lower-bandwidth services including text messaging and emergency alerts.
Virginia-based Lynk Global has raised $27,000,000 for a constellation of dedicated low Earth orbit satellites to connect directly to unmodified phones.
Lynk Global expects to deploy 50 pizza-box-shaped satellites by the end of 2023 to reduce service gaps to between 30 and 45 minutes.
Lynk plans to deploy more than 50 satellites before the end of 2023 to increase satellite revisit times to every 15–30 minutes.
Lynk secured regulatory approval on 2022-09-16 to operate its constellation globally after launching its first operational satellite in April.
Lynk Global builds its satellites in-house and plans to deploy more than 50 satellites before the end of 2023 to increase satellite revisit times to every 15 to 30 minutes.
Lynk Global secured $1,000,000 in funding from Virginia Venture Partners to build and integrate its third and fourth commercial satellites.
Lynk Global plans to deploy more than 50 satellites before the end of 2023 to provide an order-of-magnitude increase in satellite overpasses.
Lynk planned to provide the world’s first commercial satellite direct-to-mobile phone service in 2022.
Lynk Tower 1, Lynk’s first commercial-ready satellite, launched in April 2022.
Lynk Global launched its first operational satellite on 2022-04-01 on a SpaceX rocket and expects to deploy nine more in the next 12 months for text messaging, emergency alerts, and other initial services.
Lynk Global aims to deploy its 10 operational satellites 12–15 months after the first operational satellite is launched.