Nano-satellite IoT network built and operated by Astrocast from Switzerland

Nano-satellite IoT network built and operated by Astrocast from Switzerland

With the world’s most innovative network of 100 nano-satellites, Astrocast delivers a complete end-to-end, direct-to-orbit service that, state-of-the-art communication modules, and enterprise class services. The constellation will be completed by 2024, spanning the globe and allowing for low latency transmission.

Astrocast is a start-up satellite communications company with the most advanced global Nano-satellite IoT network to track, monitor, manage and communicate with assets in remote regions of the world. The company is based close to Lausanne in Switzerland.

With the world’s most innovative network of 100 nano-satellites, Astrocast delivers a complete end-to-end, direct-to-orbit service that, state-of-the-art communication modules, and enterprise class services. The constellation will be completed by 2024, spanning the globe and allowing for low latency transmission.

The LEO satellites have a controlled lifetime of up to 5 years, providing Astrocast customers the highest performance, greatest coverage and the highest reliability from anywhere in the world.

Astrocast was established in 2014 by Fabien Jordan (CEO), Federico Belloni (CTO), Bertil Chapuis, Julian Harris, Nicholas Petrig and Jean Michel Jordan as a spin-off of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). The company launched its first five satellites on December 2nd 2018 aboard a Falcon 9 rocket operated by SpaceX. Another five nano-satellites were launched on January 24th 2021 with the Transporter one mission on a Falcon 9 rocket. On June 30th 2021 another five satellites were orbited with the Transporter-2 Rideshare mission on a Falcon 9 launcher operated by SpaceX. Astrocast plans to operate a full network of 100 CubeSats (10cm, 3.9inch) by 2024.

Astrocast is backed by venture capital firm Adit Ventures, Airbus SE’s venture arm and the European Space Agency (ESA).