How PermaSat routes dataA satellite in low Earth orbit links to the nearest satellite of a commercial constellation, which relays the data via inter-satellite links to a satellite above a ground gateway, and from there to users on the ground.

There are cell towers in orbit now. Your satellite should be using them.

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  1. 01

    You have a satellite

    It circles the planet every 90 minutes. Everything it collects has to come down, every command has to go up. The question is how.

  2. 02

    You build a ground station

    A dish only sees the satellite while it passes overhead: seven minutes, five times a day. Physics sets that limit, not the dish. The other ~98% of the day, data waits.

  3. 03

    You rent more dishes

    Antennas on every continent mean more passes, but a pass is still a pass: a booked eight-minute slot, then nothing. More dishes shorten the gaps. They cannot close them.

  4. 04

    You try a GEO relay

    A relay 36,000 km out sees nearly all of your orbit. The distance is also the catch: the signal fades with distance squared, so you get kilobits, and need a bigger antenna and more power to get even that.

  5. 05

    We are building PermaSat

    We are developing a 5G modem for your satellite, designed to connect through commercial constellations the way a phone connects to a cell tower. Our goal is to keep your satellite online without a ground station of your own.

Who we are

Founded in Aalborg, Denmark, by engineers and researchers from the wireless communications group at Aalborg University.

The Team

  • Jens Moeslund Frandsen
    Jens Moeslund FrandsenCo-founder & CEOLinkedIn
  • Albert Werner Laursen
    Albert Werner LaursenCo-founder & CTOLinkedIn

Advisory board

  • Petar Popovski
    Petar PopovskiCo-founder · Professor, Aalborg UniversityLinkedIn
  • Israel Leyva-Mayorga
    Israel Leyva-MayorgaCo-founder · Assoc. Professor, Aalborg UniversityLinkedIn
  • Jens Dalsgaard Nielsen
    Jens Dalsgaard NielsenAssoc. Professor, Aalborg UniversityLinkedIn

Backers & partners

  • ESA BIC DenmarkESA BIC Denmark
  • Aalborg UniversityAalborg University
  • NOVINOVI
  • Innovation Fund DenmarkInnovation Fund Denmark
  • Villum FondenVillum Fonden
  • GOMspaceGOMspace
  • Rohde & SchwarzRohde & Schwarz
  • EutelsatEutelsat
  • SternulaSternula

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