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The Aalto–Telkomsel deal was announced on March 2.
Aalto and Telkomsel will jointly define commercial models for B2C and B2B, coverage and availability targets, and a service roadmap.
Aalto and Telkomsel agreed a framework to cooperate across commercial, technical, and regulatory domains to enable demonstration flights in 2027 and full commercial entry-into-service from 2028 onwards.
Aalto signed a deal with Telkomsel to advance Indonesia’s Stratospace ecosystem.
Aalto will start operations with its Zephyr HAPS vehicle in Indonesia from 2027.
AALTO aims to build collaboration with public- and private-sector stakeholders to assess feasibility studies for Zephyr-based services and to unlock funding pathways to accelerate development of sovereign Australian capabilities in Stratospace.
AALTO states that Zephyr's engineering design allows it to withstand extreme stratospheric conditions and drives payload requirements in power consumption, environmental resilience and integration with aircraft systems.
AALTO highlights that payloads for Zephyr missions need to operate in temperatures ranging from about minus 80 degrees Celsius to plus 60 degrees Celsius at altitudes up to 80,000 feet while interfacing with onboard GPS/INS data and command-and-control links.
AALTO intends Zephyr to provide persistent stratospheric coverage as a flexible, cost-effective complement to satellites and terrestrial infrastructure for commercial operators and government agencies.
Hughes Boulnois is Chief Executive Officer at AALTO and the company will continue its commercial roadmap in 2026 with on-station demonstrations for customers while investing in Zephyr technology and operations.
AALTO's Be the Interface initiative is open to organisations in Australia and New Zealand with established payload development capabilities.
After reviewing submissions to Be the Interface, AALTO will select a number of firms to participate in Industry Dialogues at NTDefence focusing on commercial and technical opportunities for integrating payloads on Zephyr.
AALTO positions Zephyr's capabilities as particularly useful for responding to natural disasters and monitoring climate-related impacts such as drought, floods, fires and deforestation.
AALTO defines Stratospace as the region above conventional aircraft operating altitudes at around 60,000 feet (about 20 km) and higher.
AALTO is using NTDefence Week in Darwin to launch a call for Australian payload partners and to outline its technical interface and commercial roadmap through Industry Engagements and Dialogues.
AALTO and the Northern Territory Government will hold initial bilateral discussions with selected payload developers at NTDefence in April 2026 with invitations to be issued after a down-select of submissions in March 2026.
The manifest includes Foresail-1 prime, a Finnish 3U CubeSat built by Aalto University within the country's Centre of Excellence in Research of Sustainable Space.
Planned near-term activities for Aalto include launching several customer missions over the coming year, establishing launch and landing sites for Zephyr, and advancing the certification process for Zephyr.
Aalto, NTT Docomo, and Space Compass signed a Memorandum of Understanding in 2022.
Aalto raised $100,000,000 from a group of Japanese companies to help develop stratospheric pseudo-satellites.