Indian full-stack space engineering solutions provider Dhruva Space and France-based satellite operator and global IoT connectivity provider Kinéis say they plan to introduce Kinéis IoT connectivity in India, and to launch a Kinéis IoT payload on the Dhruva Space P-30 satellite.
This partnership is focused on Dhruva Space providing Kinéis IoT services in India along with developing new and innovative applications that can be supported by Kinéis’ 25-satellite constellation. This collaboration also comprises a joint satellite mission to augment space segment capacity for India.
The partnership, say the two companies, will allow Kinéis and Dhruva Space to offer cost-effective, advanced and reliable IoT solutions as well as innovate and develop new applications and services tailored to the Indian market.
The mission of the Kinéis IoT constellation is to connect any object anywhere in the world (including black points) and transmit useful low-data-rate communications to users in near real time, aiding detection of forest fires, floods, drought or pollution, as well as supporting agriculture, traceability of wild and farmed animals, monitoring of infrastructures and energy networks, monitoring of transport and logistics, and monitoring of commercial and scientific maritime activities.
Dhruva Space will provide these services in India, where significant efforts will be directed towards experimentation and development of new and innovative applications that can be enabled by the Kinéis satellite network.
The full-scale global commercial service availability of Kinéis IoT will commence following the complete deployment of Kinéis’ constellation in early 2025 and will be supported by development and large-scale manufacturing for end-user terminals by Dhruva Space for India.
Dhruva Space has an established heritage in low-data-rate satellite communications capabilities with its P-DoT CubeSat platform and hybrid connectivity end-user terminal Bolt through the technology demonstration Thybolt mission in 2022.
Later this year, Dhruva Space plans to launch its first hosted payload mission utilising its P-30 nanosatellite platform, a modular and scalable satellite bus offering both hosted and dedicated mission capabilities. The platform is scalable for Earth observation constellations, secure communications, and strategic use cases.
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