Astrocast is Taking IoT Further

Our Technology

Astrocast is the most advanced global nanosatellite IoT network. Our 100 nanosatellite constellation will be complete by 2024, spanning the globe and allowing for low latency transmission. In addition, our satellites are equipped with propulsion and deorbiting giving us greater control of the entire network and the ability to avoid unlikely collisions with space debris. With extra capacity and redundancy of critical components, each of our satellites has a controlled lifetime of up to 5 years. All of this combines to give our customers the highest performance, greatest coverage, and the highest reliability from anywhere in the world.

SATELLITES

State-of-the-art nanosatellites, 5kg class, Swiss made
LEO, sun-synchronous and equatorial orbits
Redundancy of critical satellite components
Extra capacity in orbit, guaranteeing service reliability
Propulsion and deorbiting capabilities to avoid debris in space
Controlled lifetime of 3-5 years to keep the best performance in orbit and allow new features to be added to the network

CHIPSET AND MODULE

Proprietary low-power L-band chipset
Chip is integrated into the Astronode S module
Ease of integration (solder-down)
Fully optimized for direct-to-satellite IoT applications
Can be used with different antennas, depending on applications

Meet the Astronode S

DATA PROTOCOL

Optimized for LEO satellites network
Bidirectional communication enabling acknowledgments, asset commands, deployment of security patches and software updates
Unicast/multicast capabilities, one-to-one connection versus one-to-many

SPECTRUM

L-band is the radio spectrum from 1 to 2 gigahertz (GHz), it is the most efficient spectrum for satellite M2M/IoT.
L-band radios have superior performance characteristics for IoT such as smaller antenna, lower-cost RF components, better propagation (no rain fade, lower power requirements), and fewer interference risks than other bands
Astrocast is the only NewSpace IoT LEO network with access to L-band spectrum.
Long-term access to spectrum is guaranteed