Swarm Technologies

Swarm Technologies, Inc. is a private company building a low Earth orbit satellite constellation for Internet Of Things (IOT) communications. An early investor was Craft Ventures.

Swarm Technologies, Inc.
TypePrivate
IndustryTelecommunications
Founded2016
FoundersDr. Sara Spangelo (CEO)
Dr. Ben Longmier [1]
HeadquartersPalo Alto, California
United States
Websitehttp://www.swarm.space/

They have an Federal Communications Commission (FCC) licence for low bandwidth communications satellites in low Earth orbit.[2]

As of December 2020, they had launched 9 test satellites and 36 of a planned 150 low Earth orbit satellites to provide communication with IOT devices.[3]

Satellite constellation

SpaceBEE 1 to 4 (4 experimental satellites) were test models were launched on 12 January 2018 on a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-XL) launch vehicle.[5]

SpaceBEE 5 to 7 (3 experimental satellites) were test models were launched on 3 December 2018 by a Falcon 9.[6]

SpaceBEE 8 and 9 (2 experimental satellites) were test models were launched on 29 June 2019 by an Electron KS.[6]

SpaceBEE 10 to 21 (12 commercial satellites) were launched by Vega launch vehicle on 3 September 2020 (UTC).[4]

SpaceBEE 22 to 39 (18 commercial satellites) and SpaceBEENZ (SpaceBEE New Zealand) 1 to 6 (6 commercial satellites) were launched by Electron KS on 20 November 2020.[4]

24 more commercial satellites are due to be launched on SpaceX's Transporter-1 rideshare mission on 23 January 2021 by a Falcon 9 Block 5.[4]

References
  1. Swarm Crunchbase. Retrieved 04/10/2020
  3. "Swarm launches first 12 commercial satellites". Swarm Technologies. 10 September 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  4. Gunter space page SpaceBEE 10to180
  5. Gunter space page SpaceBEE 1, 2, 3, 4
  6. Gunter space page SpaceBEE 5 to 9
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