Internet from Sky - Can LEO Satellites Transform the Future of Connectivity?

Internet from Sky - Can LEO Satellites Transform the Future of Connectivity?

Summary

The latest space race aims to provide satellite internet with real-time latency for data-intensive industrial and business-oriented communication applications. A shorter trip is a faster trip, hence LEO satellites (LEOs) positioned nearer to the earth are at an advantage to maximize data transmission. With terrestrial access to broadband increasingly constrained, LEOs potentially raise the bar to provide lightning speed connectivity, to offer ubiquitous satellite internet to a host of industries. This report highlights the current state of play and the future potential of LEOs in driving uninterrupted communications and low-latency broadband across various communities, which is anticipated to unlock new possibilities for enterprises across industries such as telecom, media, and technology (TMT), aerospace and defense, and transportation, among others.

Key Highlights

• LEOs overview and high impact industries, major vehicle manufacturers, network providers, and vendors providing solutions in each industry, the noise created in the media, VC investment trends, examples related to the implementation of LEO satellites in aerospace & defense, agriculture & forestry, energy & utilities, technology, media & telecom, and transportation, trends in patent filings and grants, factors driving and challenging the adoption of LEO satellites, regulatory bottlenecks, the impact of LEO satcom operators on existing terrestrial networks, and the future potential of LEOs to generate next-generation applications.

• Technology Decoding: presents the rise of LEO satellites over geostationary or middle earth orbit satellites, definition and working model, industry segmentation, prominent use cases, active enterprises, and popular vendors
• Media & Trend Analysis: highlights the presentation of LEOs from the media perspective - major news and lauds from social media promoting the technology. It also includes mentions of LEOs in company annual filings and hiring trends.
• Investment Radar: outlines the total investment trends, venture capital investment trends, leading investors, corporate investors and investees, prominent M&A initiatives, and notable SPAC deals
• Innovation Explorer: introduces game-changing company innovations with a spotlight on startups. Select corporate-startup partnerships inclined at future product developments
• IP Landscaping: provides a broad-level analysis of the trends in patent filings and grants, technology leaders, filing trends by technology and industry, priority countries, and some interesting patents in the LEOs technology and application development.
• The Road Ahead: summarizes the drivers and challenges, strategies to address challenges, regulatory landscape, the impact of LEOs on telcos, the impact of LEOs on business connectivity and new concepts emerging as a result, and outlook

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Companies Mentioned
4pi LabABL SpaceAccion SystemsAirbusAirtelAlphabetAmazonAnalytical SpaceAppleArqitAST SpaceMobileAstraAstro DigitalAstrocastAstroscaleAvis Budget GroupAXA XLBAE SystemsBayerBlackSkyBlue DigsBlue OriginBluefield TechnologiesBoeingBPBridgeCommBT GroupCACI InternationalCanonCantor FitzgeraldCapella SpaceCargillCentricusCGC TechnologyChina Aerospace Science and TechnologyChongQing LiangJiang Satellite Mobile CommunicationCloud Constellation CorporationCNH IndustrialCommsatComtech TelecommunicationsCraig TechnologiesDauria AerospaceDescartesDISH NetworkdMY TechnologyDongfanghong Satellite Mobile CommunicationDuPonte5 LabEarth-iEchoStarEOS Data AnalyticsEpic AerospaceEutelsatexactEarthExotrailExxonMobilFincantieriFleet SpaceFOSSA SystemsFujitsuGalaxySpaceGarminGeelyGeneral DynamicsGenesis ParkGHGSatGlobalFoundriesGlobalstarGomSpaceGrahaaHawkEye 360Hera SystemsHiberHolicityHonda MotorHughesHydrosatIberdrolaIceyeInmarsatIn-Space MissionsIridiumIsar AerospaceJohn DeereKepler CommunicationsKymetaL3HarrisLaserFleetLeoLabsLeoSatLockheed MartinLoral Space & CommunicationsM&M Corp Comm VaMaxLinearMercedes-BenzMetaMicrosoftMitsubishi ElectricMitsui O.S.K. LinesMomentusNanoracksNASANavSightNelcoNetcrackerNew ProvidenceNextGenNorthrop GrummanNorthStar Earth & SpaceNSLCommOmnispaceOneWebOrbit FabOrbital SidekickOroraTechOsprey TechnologyPanasonicPangea AerospacePetrobrasPixxelPlanet LabsPlanetary SystemsPlanetiQPorscheQualcommRadian AerospaceRadioxioRaytheonRedSky TechnologiesRedwireRocket Factory AugsburgRocket LabRolls RoyceRoscosmosRUAGSA PhotonicsSafranSatellogicSaudi AramcoScepterScience Applications International CorporationScoutSeerTrackingShellSidus SpaceSierra Nevada CorporationSkeyeonSky and Space (SAS)SkyloSkyroraSlingshot AerospaceSmiths GroupSoftBank GroupSolAeroSpace NorwaySpaceAbleSpaceLinkSpaceXSpeedcastSpeQtralSpire GlobalStarMesh GlobalSumitomoSwarm TechnologiesSyngentaTailwindTata GroupTECO Electric & MachineryTeledyneTelesatTerran OrbitalTeslaThaicomThalesTheia GroupTotalEnergiesToyotaTrustCommTT ElectronicsUmbraVaya SpaceVector CapitalVerizonViasatVirgin OrbitVocusVodafoneVolvoXO MarketsXona Space Systems