Infostellar Aims to Make Satellite Access Less of a Dark Art
- Gathering dishes into a network seen boost satellite usage
- Japanese startup bets on swarm of low-earth-orbit satellites
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Telling satellites what to do is expensive, complicated and can only be done a few times a day.
Infostellar Inc. is aiming to change that, by getting satellite operators to share their antennas. By connecting dishes around the world to create a single network, everyone from meteorologists and farmers can link up with satellites anytime, anywhere without waiting for one to pass overhead. The Tokyo-based startup, which is assembling a global platform of antennas, just won its first funding round of $7.3 million led by Airbus SE’s venture arm.