IoT network will be first to offer commercial LoRaWAN® direct-to-satellite connectivity TYSONS, VA. – March 9, 2021 – Omnispace, the company reinventing mobile communications, today announced an agreement with Lacuna Space to collaborate on the distribution of a ground-breaking internet of things (IoT) service. The collaboration will enable the commercial launch of a first of…
Companies to collaborate to accelerate Internet of Things (IoT) adoption with affordable and simplified connectivity CAMARILLO, Calif., Jan. 11, 2022 – Semtech Corporation (Nasdaq: SMTC), a leading global supplier of high performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors and advanced algorithms, today announced a joint initiative with Lacuna Space to further increase coverage and resilience of LoRaWAN®…
First message bounced off the moon using LoRa® 24 November 2021 For the first time ever we bounced a message off the moon using LoRa® on October 5th 2021, using the Dwingeloo radio telescope. This first was achieved by a team consisting of Jan van Muijlwijk (CAMRAS, PA3FXB), Tammo Jan Dijkema (CAMRAS), Frank Zeppenfeldt (ESA,…
First successful LacunaSat launch in 2021! 22 March 2021 We’re really excited to announce that today we welcomed the latest addition to our Internet of Things (IoT) constellation! This mission is a 3U cubesat, or the size of a shoebox, and made its way from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to low earth orbit, onboard…
The Lunark mission and a LEGO® rover wandering about in Greenland 22 January 2021 In September 2020 two men set off to study life in moon-like conditions, in preparation for human settlements on the moon. Whatever our personal feelings are about human life on the moon or mars, it was an absolutely extraordinary mission! Karl-Johan Sørensen and…
Kicking off 2021 with great news! Lacuna Space starts operations of third satellite in orbit 18 January 2021 And we have liftoff! On 9th November 2020 we announced that our latest launch was successful and we had made first contact with the satellite. Since then we have been working with our partners to test all…
Launch success: Lacuna Space continues to grow IoT constellation with an equatorial satellite Improving services such as monitoring greenhouse gas emissions in Indonesian peatlands and electricity generation from solar farms in Colombia 9 November 2020 Global connectivity provider Lacuna Space announced successful launch and communications with its fourth IoT (Internet of Things) gateway in space.…
Lacuna Space puts another IoT Gateway in space Backed by the European and UK Space Agencies, the shoebox sized satellite joins the Lacuna satellite network today. Connecting small, low power devices everywhere around the world. 3 November 2020 Lacuna Space adds the latest satellite to its demonstration constellation for the Internet-of-Things (IoT). The company completed…
Never lose anything again – Lacuna Space leads the way in multi-technology global positioning Combining IoT connectivity and geolocation via Lacuna Space with GNSS and WiFi scanning. Dramatically reducing battery consumption and complexity for geolocation applications by using a multi-technology chip. Complementing GNSS systems. Space is full of exciting applications! But no other application has…
World premier: First plant-powered IoT sensor sends signal to space Plant-e and Lacuna Space combine bio- and space technology for Internet of Things devices 14 January 2020 Harwell, Oxfordshire, UK, 14th January 2020 – The first-ever plant-powered sensor has successfully transmitted to a satellite in space. The pilot service, using plants as the energy source,…