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A screenshot of the LEO Technology Ecosystem panel at the LEO Digital Forum.
Some of the most important and disruptive changes that the wave of Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellations will bring to the satellite business will be on the ground, rather than in orbit, experts said at the LEO Digital Forum on Wednesday.
“To light up all the [
FCC-approved Non-Geostationary Orbit] satellites … you will need a lot of gateways on the ground. The amount of gateway infrastructure will be enormous,” Frederik Simoens, CTO of
ST Engineering iDirect, said during the LEO Technology Ecosystem panel.
ST Engineering makes gateways sophisticated ground stations that communicate with satellites in orbit, connecting them to terrestrial networks. Unlike satellites in the much higher Geostationary Orbit (GEO), which remain fixed at a point in space, Low-Earth Orbit satellites move across the sky and each one requires multiple gateways or hubs on the ground, spread across the globe.