ELO fleet

With the expansion of the Internet of Things (IoT), in sectors as diverse as transport, oil and gas, and agriculture, business-critical information from tens of millions of objects will need to be sent from areas that are not served by terrestrial networks.

Low Earth orbit (LEO) is particularly well-suited to this narrowband connectivity, processing signals emitted by connected objects. It offers a satellite link anywhere in the world, complementing low-power, wide-area wireless technology (LPWA) and 5G NB-IoT terrestrial networks, without increasing the cost or energy consumption of the objects.

With LEO test satellites, called ELO (Eutelsat LEO for Objects), and in cooperation with startups, mobile operators and industries, Eutelsat Group is developing and experimenting the space and ground technologies that will tomorrow provide IoT coverage enabling objects to seamlessly transmit data, irrespective of their location, when they are outside terrestrial coverage.