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Rocket Lab’s Electron
successfully places the first 5 nanosatellites of
the constellation into orbit
Speaking at the launch,
Alexandre Tisserant, Chairman and CEO of Kinéis,
said: Kinéis is proud of the success of Electron’s
50th flight. The delicate phase of separating our 5
nanosatellites from the launcher went very well. Our
teams are now working to place them in their
respective orbits. These first 5 satellites in the
constellation mark the start of the IoT revolution
driven by Kinéis connectivity and offer the prospect
of full commercial services. See you in later this
year for the 2nd launch, and congratulations to the
teams!»
The «No Time Toulouse» mission
lifted off from Rocket Lab’s launch complex 1 in
Mahia, New Zealand, on 20 June 2024 at 8:13 pm
(Paris time), successfully deploying five satellites
weighing 28 kg each into a low circular orbit at 635
km. This mission was the first of five Electron
launches dedicated to Kinéis.
Commenting on the 50th launch
of Electron, Sir Peter Beck, founder and CEO of
Rocket Lab, said: «Kinéis’ precise and tailored
mission achieved today is yet another demonstration
of the value Electron continues to bring to the
small satellite community. Congratulations to our
team and thanks to our customers and supporters for
helping us continue to break records and set new
industry standards.
Founded in 2018, Kinéis is a
New Space French actor, satellite operator and
global connectivity provider for the Internet of
Things (IoT). Its mission is helping customers to
keep link with what matters to them, their guarantee
transmission data objects connected, in any point of
the globe, in near real time, thanks to
constellation of 25 satellites. Kinéis operates for
an international market in fields where the stakes
are high for people, their activities and their
environment. The Toulouse-based company uses a
reliable technology thanks to the 40 years heritage
of expertise in the data collection since space,
adapted for the IoT. In addition to its main
shareholders (CLS and CNES), Kinéis raised 100
million euros in 2020 from French private and public
investors. In 2021, Kinéis generated a turnover of
8.4 million euros (+20% compared to 2020). The
company has been awarded the French Tech Next40,
promotion 2021, 2022 and French Tech 120 promotion
2023, focused on environmental and societal issues.
The mission of the Kinéis IoT
constellation is to connect any object anywhere in
the world (including black points) and transmit
useful data to users in near real time.
Kinéis operates for a global
market (with subsidiaries in the United States,
Brazil and Singapore) in areas that today represent
major challenges for mankind, its activities and its
environment: prevention of natural risks (detection
of forest fires, floods, drought, pollution, etc.),
agriculture, traceability of wild and farmed
animals, monitoring of infrastructures and energy
networks, monitoring of transport and logistics,
monitoring of commercial and scientific maritime
activities. The applications are infinite and the
benefits considerable: risk reduction, anticipation
of breakdowns, optimization of activities, etc.
The successful orbiting of the
first 5 nanosatellites in the Kinéis constellation
would not have been possible without its technical
and industrial partners:
This phase of bringing the
Kinéis project to fruition has become a reality
thanks to 100% French public and private funding,
with support from Bpifrance, CLS, CNES, the Frère
family, BNP Paribas Développement, CELAD, Maison
Dassault and Ethics Group
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