Astrocast Introduction

Astrocast Introduction
May 2022
About Astrocast
Mission & Team
Mission & Vision
OUR PARTNERS
Astrocast’s Strategic Partners
One of the world’s largest research institutes for

applied research in microelectronics
An intergovernmental organisation dedicated to

the exploration of space
A leading Mobile-Satellite Service (MSS)

provider part of Mubadala Investment Company
The team
85 members | 28 nationalities | 1 mission
“We track assets, monitor the

environment, and save lives by building
and operating the most advanced and
sustainable satellite IoT network.”
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Swiss-made satellites to ensure the most optimal quality
and robustness for your service
• An optimised nanosatellite for bi-directional IoT
communications
• LEO, sun-synchronous and equatorial orbits
• Redundancy of critical satellite components and

back up satellites
• Propulsion and deorbiting capabilities to avoid Only 5kg

debris in space
• Programmed lifetime of 3-5 years

– To keep the best performance in orbit
– To allow new features to be added to the network
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Today’s Landscape
Terrestrial IoT
Traditional Satellites
Terrestrial IoT Traditional satellites

solution use cell are cost prohibitive
phone towers and and deliver more
only connect 10% connectivity than IoT
of the world. strategies need for
10X the cost.
Cost Effective
Far reaching
Ultimately Flexible
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Our Satellite IOT Network
IOT direct-to-satellite Services -Airtime
IOT direct-to-satellite Services – Airtime:
Take your IoT strategy further with Astrocast
We help companies expand their IoT strategy by enabling them to deploy sensors and IoT devices
into remote regions of the world.
Astrocast’s global network provides a direct-to-satellite solution that features:
• Cost effective satellite connectivity
• Miniaturized patch antennas enabled by L-Band spectrum
• Two-way communication
• Ultra-low power terminals
L O W -C O S T L-BA N D B I-D IRECT IO N AL L O W-PO WER
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The Astrocast Nanosatellite IoT Network is Live!
• Astrocast successfully launched 10
satellites on SpaceX Falcon 9 on
January 24th 2021 and on June
30th 2021, delivering the most
advanced low-earth orbit
nanosatellite network on the market
today
• With 10 satellites in orbit,

Astrocast goes commercial and
enables to track, measure,
manage, communicate and
control your IoT assets from the
world’s most remote regions
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Latency & Constellation

Many industries can benefit from Astrocast, and yours?
Environmental Connected Vehicles

Water infrastructure, environmental Vehicle telematics, commercial fleet
sensors, smart metering and rental vehicle tracking, mobile tank tracking,
fuel-chemical food tank monitoring
Agriculture &Livestock Maritime

Agriculture sensors, livestock Fishing buoys, navigation
and species tracking and environmental buoys
Asset monitoring Mining, Oil & Gas

Industrial equipment tracking Heavy equipment, tracking and monitoring, well head
Panic buttons monitoring, cathodic protection, environmental sensors,
security
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Use cases that we can address with Satellite IoT connectivity
Maritime Agriculture & Livestock
Container tracking Inspection maintenance Fishing buoys Monitoring management Yield forecasting Precision ranching
Long range identification Environmental buoys Fuel management Analytics smart farming Environment monitoring Fuel management

Environment & Utilities Land Transport
Flow monitoring Gas metering Weather data Cargo logistics Tanker tracing Dispatch optimisation
Data loggers Smart grid Water distribution Tank monitoring Vehicle diagnostic Fuel management

Mining, Oil & Gas
Gas meters Meter reading Drilling optimisation
Oil pump monitoring Pipeline monitoring Exploration

Our Services & Products
Astropreneur Program - Astronode S - Astronode Devkit
Our Products
Astronode S DevKit
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Astronode S module
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Astronode S+
Astronode Patch Antenna
Choose the best program for you
DEVELOPER PARTNER
PROGRAM PROGRAM
* Includes Design, Prototyping, Radio Frequency, Industrialization, Homologation/Certification.

Our pricing
Data plans
Dynamic, automatic, cost-effective and degressive rates.
Plan 1 Plan 5 Plan 15 Plan 30 Plan 60

USD1.30 USD 2.40 USD 3.50 USD 6.00 USD11.00
Price per month Price per month Price per month Price per month Price per month
Data included Data included Data included Data included Data included
1kB / device 5kB / device 15kB / device 30kB / device 60kB / device
No activation fee, no hidden fee.

Our pricing
Hardware
Bidirectional, low-energy and cost-effective.
Astronode S Astronode S+ Astronode Patch Antenna

USD 49* USD 79* USD 3.90*
*(discount on volume applies)

Our technology
Spectrum - Module - Data protocol - Service - Satellites
Spectrum
• L-band is the radio spectrum from 1 to 2 gigahertz (GHz),
and it is the most efficient spectrum for satellite M2M/IoT
• L-band radio waves provide superior performance for IoT

– Smaller antenna
– Low-cost RF components
– Better propagation (no rain fade, lower power requirements)
– Fewer interference risks than other bands
• Astrocast is the only NewSpace IoT Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

network with access to L-band spectrum, we offer this
whilst maintaining low prices
• Long-term access to spectrum is secured
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Data protocol for two-way communication
• Optimized for LEO satellites network
• Bidirectional communications enabling your

devices to send and receive:
– Acknowledgments
– Asset commands
– Deployment of security patches
– Firmware updates
• Unicast/Multicast capabilities
– One-to-one connection
versus one-to-many
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Service overview
• Features
– Highest secured encryption: 256-bit AES
– Bidirectional communication
– Low latency (<15min)
– Over-the-Air updates (OTAs)
• Customer web portal

– Usage reporting
– Easy and intuitive access to customer data
– User management
– Customizable
• API
– Pull mode
– Azure compliant for plug&play integration; cloud infrastructure agnostic
• Support
– Pro-active support and monthly reporting
– Agreed SLA in place with customers 9

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One of the world’s largest research institutes for

An intergovernmental organisation dedicated to

A leading Mobile-Satellite Service (MSS)

“We track assets, monitor the

• LEO, sun-synchronous and equatorial orbits

• Redundancy of critical satellite components and

• Propulsion and deorbiting capabilities to avoid Only 5kg

• Programmed lifetime of 3-5 years

Terrestrial IoT Traditional satellites

Astrocast SA – 0639-DOC-PM-ASTRO-1-0 – All rights reserved 6

Astrocast’s global network provides a direct-to-satellite solution that features:

• Cost effective satellite connectivity

• Miniaturized patch antennas enabled by L-Band spectrum

• Ultra-low power terminals

L O W -C O S T L-BA N D B I-D IRECT IO N AL L O W-PO WER

• With 10 satellites in orbit,

Astrocast SA – 0639-DOC-PM-ASTRO-1-0 – All rights reserved 10

Environmental Connected Vehicles

Agriculture &Livestock Maritime

Asset monitoring Mining, Oil & Gas

Astrocast SA – 0639-DOC-PM-ASTRO-1-0 – All rights reserved 12

Astrocast SA – 0639-DOC-PM-ASTRO-1-0 – All rights reserved 13

Gas meters Meter reading Drilling optimisation

Oil pump monitoring Pipeline monitoring Exploration

Astrocast SA – 0639-DOC-PM-ASTRO-1-0 – All rights reserved 14

* Includes Design, Prototyping, Radio Frequency, Industrialization, Homologation/Certification.

Astrocast SA – 0639-DOC-PM-ASTRO-1-0 – All rights reserved 21

Plan 1 Plan 5 Plan 15 Plan 30 Plan 60

No activation fee, no hidden fee.

Astrocast SA – 0639-DOC-PM-ASTRO-1-0 – All rights reserved 22

Astronode S Astronode S+ Astronode Patch Antenna

*(discount on volume applies)

• L-band radio waves provide superior performance for IoT

• Astrocast is the only NewSpace IoT Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

• Long-term access to spectrum is secured

• Bidirectional communications enabling your

• Customer web portal

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