Geespace, the commercial aerospace division of Geely Holding Group, has deployed the sixth orbital plane of its Geely Future Mobility Constellation (GEESATCOM), the third launch in the last two months.
The low-Earth orbit (LEO) internet of things (IoT) satellite was launched off the waters near Rizhao, Shandong, China, and is part of Geespace’s Phase 1 constellation deployment. GeeSpace said the system has achieved in-orbit reliability of 100% and network reliability of 100%, providing real-time satellite communication (SATCOM) coverage in any location on Earth, excluding the North and South Poles.
Geespace said GEESATCOM provides one-to-two-layer real-time SATCOM and supports 340 million communications per day. The constellation can serve up to 20 million users globally including 5 million high-frequency users and 15 million medium- and low-frequency users. Additionally, the constellation has a single-message data capacity of 1,900 bytes to support text messages, voice messages and images.
The full deployment is expected to include 72 satellites in Phase 1 and the constellation will achieve three-to-four-layer real-time coverage across its global service area. This will enhance communication capacity and service reliability, Geespace said.
The technology will be used to support telecommunications services but also
- Emergency communications
- Vehicle networking
- Real-time position confirmation
- Construction machinery
- Industrial applications
