Latest Developments in Satellite IoT & Tracking

The Bespin Project

July 6, 2018

In the spring of 2017, an international team of students from Luleå University of Technology in Sweden gathered together to brainstorm a REXUS/BEXUS program idea. The European program supports scientific and technological experiments on research rockets and balloons, sending two of each into space every year.

RockBLOCKs Measuring Glacier Movement

June 27, 2018

Professor Kirk Martinez and his team from the University of Southampton, UK, are using moving rover units equipped with RockBLOCKs to measure how Icelandic glaciers respond to small-scale changes in temperature and precipitation throughout the year.

Balloon-Borne Imaging Telescope

March 8, 2018

Compensating for the many distorting kilometers of the Earth’s atmosphere is usually done by adaptive optics or by placing a telescope in orbit. But both solutions are notoriously expensive and difficult.

Horizon Capital LLP Commits £20mn to M2M and IoT Buy and Build Strategy

August 25, 2017

Horizon Capital LLP, the leading investor in UK B2B services and technologies companies, have announced it has committed £20mn to a new buy and build strategy in the M2M and IoT market. This will start with the acquisition of Wireless Innovation, a UK-based M2M managed services connectivity provider.

Transmitting Sensor Data Back from Extremely Remote Locations with Gill Instruments

June 27, 2017

Ground Control offers users the ability to connect to all Gill meteorological sensors, taking key data on a regular basis and transmitting it over satellites at an affordable price.

RockBLOCK Support for ThingSpeak Announced

March 25, 2017

Rock Seven (now trading as Ground Control) has added compatibility with the ThingSpeak Open IoT (internet of things) platform for its RockBLOCK portfolio of plug-and-play two-way satellite communications systems.

SparkFun Distribution in the USA

March 2, 2016

We're pleased to announce that SparkFun are now an official distributor of the RockBLOCK unit in the USA.

New Flexible Antenna and Interface Options for RockBLOCK Mk2

March 15, 2015

Already established as an innovative, low-cost satcom system for commercial M2M applications and internet of things (IoT) developers, Ground Control’s RockBLOCK plug and play two-way global communications system has been upgraded to offer more flexibility for commercial users.

Satellite Solutions for Solar Resource Assessment

February 4, 2015

Finding a suitable location is one of the biggest challenges in the renewable energy industry. For a solar installation to be successful, it has to deliver a consistent and reliable supply of energy. To do this, it must be situated in exactly the right place.

M2M Communication for Smaller Vessels

January 10, 2015

‘Big data’ has become part of the maritime lexicon in recent years. It’s hailed as the answer to achieving operational efficiencies, and is part of the reason that the demand for bandwidth at sea continues to grow.

Manufacturing Begins on Iridium NEXT Satellites

June 20, 2014

Production on 81 satellites for the Iridium Next programme has begun at the Orbital Sciences Corporation Satellite Manufacturing Facility in Gilbert, Arizona.

Start Making the Most of M2M

January 10, 2014

Short Burst Data (SBD) satellite transceivers, as defined by Iridium, are perfect for integration into complete wireless solutions and can be used for a wide range of applications in numerous markets.

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