Myriota Adds Four
Additional Satellites to Global IoT Constellation and
Upgrades Network Features
13th February 2025
Myriota announced the latest
additions to its constellation. The company has
successfully onboarded an additional four new low-earth
orbit (LEO) nanosatellites working in partnership with
Spire, a leading global provider of space-based data,
analytics, and space services. The satellites were
launched on SpaceX's Transporter-12 mission on January
14th, bringing additional coverage and capacity to
existing global services, while also unlocking new
markets including; Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Argentina and
across the Middle East.
Myriota will use Spire’s existing
satellite platform and continue to scale the Myriota
Network over the next 12 months, as part of its
investment strategy to deliver a robust, low cost, low
power IoT network. By leveraging Spire’s proven
constellation in combination with its global operations
platform and Myriota’s own satellite assets, the company
expects to quickly and cost-effectively scale its IoT
services to meet rising global demand.
The Myriota Network enables
customers in industries such as logistics, utilities,
and agriculture to securely monitor and collect data
globally using its long-lasting and low-cost IoT
sensors. Its customers are already tracking, locating,
and monitoring assets including water tanks, vehicles,
wind turbines, shipping containers, and equipment and
tools.
“The global market for
satellite-based communications networks is seeing an
explosion in technical breakthroughs and network
expansions,” said Ben Cade, CEO of Myriota. “We are
excited to be at the forefront of that, with an ultra
low power and highly secure IoT connectivity service
that is already in widespread commercial use. Myriota is
delivering high-value services to a range of vertical
markets and use cases today, and our continued
investment in growing our constellation and expanding
the capability of our technology will see us serving
even more customers and partners globally.”
In late December 2024, Myriota
announced a US$32m funding round led by the National
Reconstruction Fund Corporation (NRFC) and venture
capital partners Main Sequence with support from other
investors including Inter Valley Ventures.
The new funding will be used to
accelerate the digitization of field-based industries
globally to enhance IoT capabilities in regions such as
the Middle East, where Myriota has recently completed
the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Communications, Space and
Technology Commission (CST) Sandbox program. In close
collaboration with CST, the Saudi Telecom Company (STC)
and system integrator Giza Systems, Myriota successfully
deployed a communications network for water metering in
remote locations on behalf of the Saudi Ministry of
Environment, Water and Agriculture.
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