With the support of Catalan companies, Catalonia has taken another step towards its goal of becoming a reference for the space industry. satelliteLaunched this Monday Europe’s first 5G satellite development center in Barcelona. Generalitat’s president, Salvador Ira, will be responsible for opening the doors of this new headquarters, where the prototype of the company’s second-generation satellite “Torit” will be designed. These are planned to be It is expected to be launched into space from 2027 and reach sales of 1 billion euros in 2030.
“This center has since been Catalonia, Spain and Europe can lead in 5G technology with global ambitions” explained the CEO of Sateriot. Jaume Sampera During the opening ceremony. Meanwhile, the CEO called on the company to “leverage” the results. “We’re doing something very powerful here that no one else can do, and we’re as good as anything else,” Ira said, adding: “We need to believe in it a little more.”
The satellite the company is developing is larger than its predecessor, measuring approximately It is 4 meters long and weighs 150 kg. The company says they represent a “qualitative leap in capacity and performance” due to “improved payload handling capabilities.” Additionally, it can not only provide connectivity to IoT devices (Internet of Things); Allows you to connect your phone to data, voice, and video services. Meanwhile, key dual-use capabilities in the areas of security, civil protection and defense will also be incorporated.
As Sampera explained, 20 minutes, “Despite billions of connected devices, remote environments Users require certain very expensive satellite devices. To solve this, they designed a satellite that could be linked to a phone. tablet Traditional devices with 5G Internet of Things. “This is not the Internet as we know it, but a small message from. Approximately 156 bytes above and below It’s between the device and the satellite,” he explained.
2nd generation satellite
At moments like this, Satelliot has six small satellites in orbit. The first to be launched in 2021 was Enxaneta to improve land communications, followed by the rest arriving in 2023 and 2024. Five more are currently scheduled for release over the next year. All are first generation. From 2027 it will be the turn of the second generation, or Tritó satellites. These will be 16 times the size of the ones currently in orbit, and will be able to connect mobile devices as if they were “5G towers in space.”
The company has been in the testing phase so far; However, it is planned to start the commercial phase in 2026, By 2030, “sales will exceed 1 billion euros and hundreds of millions of connected devices will be connected in 100 countries.” In July of this year, it had already signed contracts with carriers in 58 countries. spanish telefonica and brazil Or Verizon in the US.
government bet
Mr. Ira, who stressed the importance of “harnessing technology for the common good” at the inauguration ceremony, recalled that the government recently announced the Espai 2030 strategy to strengthen that strategy. Initiatives in technology development In Catalonia. To do this, they will invest 150 million euros in this field within the next five years.
Furthermore, the strategy envisages eight satellite missions by 2030 to achieve European sovereignty in space communications. Some missions consist of two areas, as described by the Generalitat. reduce the digital divide Reach remote areas and handle situations such as power outages and earth observation, and respond to droughts, floods, and other emergencies.
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