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Lynk Global plans to announce additional pacts with mobile network operators later 2022.
DragonSCALES first gained flight heritage onboard a small satellite that SpaceX launched in June 2021 for Lynk Global.
Spaceflight is managing the SXRS-6 launch for eight organizations, including returning customers Capella Space, Umbra Space, Lynk Global, Inc., Kleos Space, and NASA.
Spaceflight is managing the SXRS-6 launch for eight organizations, including returning customers Capella Space, Umbra Space, Lynk Global, Kleos Space, and NASA.
Lynk Global’s 5th satellite is named Shannon and launched on 2021-06-30.
Aliv and Telecel Centrafique signed up for Lynk Global’s Flagship Carrier Program and will launch commercial services in their countries in July 2022.
Lynk requested permission from the Federal Communications Commission on 2021-05-25 to operate an initial set of satellites under the 2019 smallsat rules.
Lynk has signed dozens of testing agreements with mobile network operators to date.
Lynk’s ultimate full constellation will reach 5,000 satellites to provide broadband speeds to standard mobile phones.
Lynk’s baseline launch schedule projects launching one satellite into a polar orbit in December, three into a polar orbit in July 2022, and six into a mid-inclination orbit in December 2022.
Lynk planned to begin commercial operations in 2022 using a small fraction of its full envisioned constellation.
Lynk used the FCC’s streamlined licensing process for smallsats established in 2019 for its license application.
Lynk is working on a Series B funding round to support its constellation plans, following past funding rounds that raised more than $20,000,000.
Lynk tested the mobile-phone connectivity technology on several hosted payloads and smallsats operating under experimental licenses.
The initial 10 Lynk satellites are planned to launch on SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare missions.
Lynk is planning a flagship carrier program with a dozen mobile network operators worldwide starting in 2022 to offer its messaging service to those operators’ customers.
Lynk is designing two classes of satellites, one weighing 55 kg with dimensions 0.15 by 1 by 1 m and another weighing 85 kg with dimensions 0.15 by 1.5 by 1.5 m.
Lynk filed a license application with the Federal Communications Commission on 2021-05-11 to operate an initial set of satellites.
Lynk, based in Virginia, is developing a satellite-based communications network that will work with unmodified smartphones.
Spaceflight Inc. signed launch agreements with Lynk, Astro Digital, Kleos, BlackSky, Umbra, Orbit Fab, and several undisclosed U.S. government payloads.