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Novocomms Limited (‘NVC’) was founded to deliver innovative new technology coming from British academia in the field of antenna design.

Novocomms Limited is a company that specializes in designing and manufacturing mmWave antennas for various applications, including user equipment, customer premises equipment, gNodeB, and sensing solutions. The company consists of three divisions:&nbsp;

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Novocomms Limited is a company that specializes in designing and manufacturing mmWave antennas for various applications, including user equipment, customer premises equipment, gNodeB, and sensing solutions. The company consists of three divisions:&nbsp;1) Novocomms Wireless Antenna for consumer electronics2) Novocomms Mobile Satellite Solutions specializing in mmWave and mobile satellite antenna systems for commercial, automotive, infrastructure, and defense industries3) Novocomms Smart Cities for developing technology ecosystems and AI-of-Things (AIoT) solutions for urban connectivity marketsIn 2024, Novocomms began developing a next-generation positioning, navigation, and timing antenna system for space applications. The antenna offerings were designed for ground-based mobile terminals to support remote areas and aimed to be compatible with low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites.&nbsp;The company predominantly serves European and Asian markets and operates through its global headquarters in Birmingham, UK, with a subsidiary in Suzhou, China. As of June 2023, Novocomms had over 100 global patent applications.

Astranis is a San Francisco-based satellite manufacturer and operator that provides services to commercial customers and the US Government. The company specializes in building small, low-cost telecommunications satellites designed to provide broadband internet access to underserved areas worldwide. These satellites, which can operate from geostationary orbit (GEO) at an altitude of approximately 22,000 mi above Earth, are "MicroGEO" satellites, which are significantly smaller (~400 kg) and less expensive than traditional GEO satellites. The company owns, operates, and offers its satellites to commercial customers on a leasing basis.The company's proprietary technology includes software-defined radio payloads allowing frequency and coverage flexibility.&nbsp;In April 2023, Astranis launched its first commercial satellite, Arcturus, to provide internet service in Alaska. However, the satellite experienced issues with its solar array system, limiting its operational capacity.Astranis unveiled its next-generation satellite, Omega, in April 2024. Omega satellites are designed to deliver over 50 Gbps of throughput with an operational life of 10 years. The company aimed to manufacture 24 Omega satellites annually by 2025, launch its first Omega Satellite in 2026, and have over 100 satellites in orbit by 2030. Astranis also developed UtilitySat, a multi-mission commercial satellite capable of performing simultaneous connectivity missions and relocating to different orbital positions as needed.Key customers and partnershipsAs of April 2024, Astranis’ commercial customers for MicroGEO communications satellites spanned the US, Mexico, Argentina, the Philippines, and Thailand. Astranis also partnered with satellite services providers and telecommunications providers, including 1) Orbits Corp to provide connections to up to 5,000 rural locations in the Philippines (November 2023); 2) Apco Networks (AiTelecom) to launch two MicroGEO satellites in Mexico (September 2023); and 3) Anuvu to provide broadband services in Alaska (May 2023).

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Sateliot is a Barcelona-based company developing a constellation of low-Earth orbit (LEO) nanosatellites to provide global 5G NB-IoT (narrowband Internet-of-Things) connectivity. The company aims to offer seamless IoT coverage worldwide, especially in remote areas lacking terrestrial networks. Its technology allows standard NB-IoT devices to connect directly to its satellites without requiring specialized hardware.&nbsp;As of August 2024, Sateliot launched six satellites, including four deployed on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. These satellites, measuring 20 x 10 x 35 cm and weighing 10 kg, orbit at an altitude of ~600 km and have an expected lifespan of five years. As of November 2024, the company planned to expand its constellation to over 100 satellites by 2028. Sateliot's technology utilizes the 3GPP 5G NB-IoT NTN (non-terrestrial network) standard, allowing seamless integration between terrestrial and satellite networks. The company claims to be the first LEO satellite connectivity provider to work under the 3GPP standard. Sateliot uses a patented two-step authentication method called “Store &amp; Forward,” which stores data when a satellite is not in a position to connect with a ground station and forwards it when it enters the coverage range.Sateliot's business model involves partnering with mobile network operators to offer IoT connectivity as a roaming service. It targets agriculture, logistics, ocean logistics, livestock, infrastructure, energy, wearables, mining, military, and oil and gas industries.&nbsp;&nbsp;Key customers and partnershipsAs of June 2024, the company had secured EUR 200 million in recurring revenue contracts from 400 clients in 50 countries. Sateliot’s mobile network operator partners included Telefonica, AWS, GSMA, Comfone, and GCF. Sateliot also partnered with t42, a freight software and analytics company, to deploy thousands of 5G-IoT sensors in shipping containers across more than 50 countries (November 2023). The company also partnered with Sensefinity to launch global 5G-IoT satellite connectivity to facilitate data transmission from smart containers for Maritime shipping (January 2023).&nbsp;Sateliot has partnerships with 1) SpaceX for a satellite launch (May 2024), 2) Exolaunch for launch services (May 2024), and Leaf Space for ground station support (June 2024).&nbsp;&nbsp;

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Omnispace is a global communications company that has developed a non-geostationary satellite (NGSO) system to provide direct-to-device connectivity and Internet-of-Things (IoT) services worldwide. Omnispace's technology utilizes the S-band spectrum in the 1,980–2,010 MHz and 2,170–2,200 MHz ranges, which aligns with the 3GPP 5G NTN (non-terrestrial network) band n256 specifications. Omnispace's network is designed to provide ubiquitous 5G connectivity, enabling users to transition between satellite and terrestrial networks without needing multiple devices.Omnispace has secured regulatory approvals to provide services in multiple countries across Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, including Brazil. As of May 2024, the company operated a few experimental satellites in low- and medium-Earth orbit and planned to deploy over 600 low-Earth orbit satellites, with initial services expected to begin in 2026 using 300 satellites.&nbsp;Key customers and partnershipsAs of November 2024, Omnispace’s mobile network operator partnerships included 1) Smart Communications in the Philippines to explore use cases such as 5G connectivity in remote areas and disaster relief (August 2022) and 2) MTN Group, Africa's largest mobile network operator, to develop and deploy satellite IoT and 5G services across MTN's markets in Africa and the Middle East (March 2024).&nbsp;Omnispace also collaborated with 1) Microsoft to deliver a 5G NTN network using its Azure services (April 2022) and 2) Ligado Networks to combine their licensed mobile satellite services spectrum to create a portfolio of licensed satellite spectrum for global direct-to-device connectivity (February 2023).&nbsp;&nbsp;

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Skyloom Global Corp. is a telecommunications company based in Broomfield, Colorado, focused on developing and deploying space-based telecommunication infrastructure for global data transport services. The company specializes in optical communication technologies, which enable high-bandwidth connections for satellite-to-satellite, satellite-to-Earth, and Earth-to-satellite transmissions.&nbsp;Skyloom's offerings include&nbsp;<ol><li>V’ger: Optical communications terminals (OCTs) that support high bandwidth connections from low-Earth orbit (LEO), LEO-ground to LEO-airborne, and LEO-maritime. It supports a speed of 1–10 Gbps. Skyloom's OCT technology reportedly can transmit 10–100x more data back to Earth than the current radio frequency (RF) systems.</li><li>Scotty: A user terminal for LEO satellites accessing Skyloom's network, which enables multi-Gbps data transfer from LEO to on-the-cloud. It connects satellites in LEO to multi-user optical relay satellites in geostationary orbit (GEO), supporting LEO-GEO links to up to 20 Gbps.&nbsp;</li><li>Uhura: A geostationary optical relay satellite for GEO-LEO and GEO-ground data transfer, which supports a speed of up to 20 Gbps for LEO to GEO OCT and GEO-ground OCT. Skyloom planned to deploy the first node for Asia-Pacific coverage in Q4 2024 (November 2024).&nbsp;</li><li>Kirk: An optical ground station that can be installed at a traditional ground station, co-located with existing or planned data centers.</li></ol>In September 2023, the company achieved the AS 9100 Certification for product assurance manufacturing. In September 2024, it passed the US Space Development Agency's (SDA’s) interoperability qualification process, confirming the interoperability of its optical terminals with SDA's ground interface and other optical terminal suppliers.&nbsp;Key customers and partnershipsSkyloom established several key partnerships and customer relationships in the aerospace and satellite communications sectors, including<ol><li>NEC Corporation to develop high-speed optical communication equipment for multi-orbit satellite networks (March 2024)&nbsp;</li><li>Satellogic, a company that offers sub-meter Earth observation data and satellite technology to integrate Skyloom's OCT onto Satellogic satellites to test new methods of high-resolution Earth observation data delivery (September 2023)</li><li>Axiom Space to integrate and showcase high data-rate optical inter-satellite links on the first module of a commercial space station (December 2023)</li><li>Space Compass, a joint venture between NTT and SKY Perfect JSAT, to develop GEO-based optical communications network infrastructure (September 2022).</li></ol>In October 2024, Skyloom announced a joint venture with Officina Stellare, an Italian space technology company, to establish Skyloom Europe. This venture aimed to create a high-throughput production plant in Italy for manufacturing optical communication terminals, focusing on advanced encryption techniques and quantum coding for airborne and space applications.&nbsp;

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Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) is an aviation and aerospace technology company founded by Elon Musk. The primary activities of SpaceX include the design, manufacturing, and launch of advanced rockets and spacecrafts; Rideshare; the operation of its Starlink satellite constellation; and human spaceflight.SpaceX’s Starlink operates a constellation of low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites providing global broadband internet services. It provides connectivity for residential, business, and mobile use, including options for fixed site, land mobility, aviation, and maritime connectivity. As of October 2024, Starlink had approximately 6,000 satellites in orbit, with plans to have as many as 42,000 satellites in its constellation.Key customers and partnerships&nbsp;SpaceX has partnered with several companies, including<ul><li>T-Mobile to provide cell service coverage in rural and underserved areas of the US through SpaceX’s Starlink satellite constellation. Under the partnership in January 2024, SpaceX launched its first six Starlink satellites with direct-to-cell capabilities.</li><li>SpaceX also partnered with Comcast Business to deliver high-speed internet connectivity to enterprise customers in underserved regions without access to fiber networks (June 2024).</li><li>SES, a satellite network provider, to deliver a combined medium-Earth orbit (MEO)-LEO satellite connectivity service for cruise ships (September 2023)</li><li>Ando Hazama and University of Tokyo to provide internet connectivity for local 5G networks in remote mountainous areas (October 2023)</li><li>John Deere to provide satellite communications service for farmers facing rural connectivity challenges (January 2024)</li><li>United Airlines (September 2024), Air France (September 2024), and airBaltic (April 2024) to provide in-flight connectivity.&nbsp;</li></ul>

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