Spire Global <\/b>will build and operate a six-satellite IoT constellation for Lacuna Space<\/b> under a new Space Services contract announced Tuesday. <\/p>\n
Spire will build six initial satellites at its facility in Glasgow in the United Kingdom. These satellites will scale Lacuna\u2019s constellation, in addition to its existing 10 satellites. Lacuna has the option to scale the constellation to dozens of satellites as well. Lacuna Space previously launched satellites with platforms built by Open Cosmos and NanoAvionics. <\/p>\n
These new satellites will feature Lacuna\u2019s new proprietary \u2018Gentoo\u2019 satellite gateway. The satellite gateways work in conjunction with Lacuna\u2019s ground scheduling network. Lacuna Space\u2019s IoT constellation operates on the interoperable LoRaWAN standard. The company focuses on IoT services for agriculture, maritime, logistics, remote infrastructure and environmental monitoring, with applications such as measuring soil moisture or tracking the movement of assets.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis contract is a very important step in Lacuna\u2019s progression into commercial operations, and represents over five years of intensive development work to refine the concept and achieve the scalability and reliability required to provide a global commercial service,\u201d said Rob Spurrett, CEO and co-founder of Lacuna Space. <\/p>\n
Spire offers Space Services in addition to its proprietary radio frequency monitoring data and products. The company handles end-to-end management, and customers can deploy a constellation, hosted payload, or a software application using Spire\u2019s infrastructure. Its other Space Services customers include Myriota, GHGSat, and NorthStar Earth & Space. <\/p>\n
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