Summary

This report analyses the main satellite market trends and their impact on IoT markets.

It explores technological developments, how well satellite suits each of the target vertical markets, as well as market dynamics (strengths and weaknesses).

It also provides market volume forecasts (the installed base of IoT objects) up to 2025:

  • Breakdown by network technology
  • Breakdown by vertical, for each of the 10 markets examined (transport, logistics, agriculture, manufacturing, security, military, mining & public works, public safety, oil & gas, energy)

Table of contents

1. Executive Summary

2. Analysis of technologies and architectures
2.1. Satellite and IoT: strengths and weaknesses
2.2. GEO, MEO and LEO
2.3. Low earth orbit’s compatibility with IoT
2.4. What architectures for satellite IoT?
2.5. IoT and frequency bands
2.6. Impact of satellite mass

3. Analysis of addressable satellite loT markets
3.1. Satellite IoT value chain
3.2. Aligning with the needs of categories of player and verticals
3.3. Precision agriculture
3.4. Environmental monitoring
3.5. Fleet monitoring
3.6. Livestock monitoring
3.7. Construction
3.8. Energy
3.9. Map of markets and players’ current positioning
3.10. Market analysis
3.11. What ARPU for tomorrow’s satellite IoT

4. Ecosystem analysis
4.1. Summary of player strategies
4.2. Player benchmark
4.3. Eutelsat
4.4. Fleet Space technologies
4.5. Globalstar
4.6. Hiber
4.7. Inmarsat
4.8. Iridium
4.9. Kineis
4.10. Lacuna Space
4.11. Myriota
4.12. Orbcomm

5. Market analysis
5.1. Satellite IoT: strengths and weaknesses
5.2. Strengths
5.3. Weaknesses

6. Market estimates and forecasts

List of tables and figures

List of tables and figures

2. Analysis of technologies and architectures
• Geostationary orbit does note enable coverage of the globe’s extremities
• Main applications by orbit
• Orbital coverage and period
• How a low earth orbit satellite works (carry & forward)
• The different satellite IoT architectures
• Pros and cons of direct and indirect connections
• Different frequency bands used by satellite IoT
• Use of frequency bands by satellite IoT players

3. Analysis of addressable satellite loT markets
• Satellite IoT value chain
• How well suited satellite solutions are to different players and types of application
• How well suited is satellite to deliver precision agriculture solutions
• How well suited is satellite to deliver environmental monitoring solutions
• How well suited is satellite to deliver fleet monitoring solutions
• How well suited is satellite to deliver livestock monitoring solutions
• How well suited is satellite to deliver solutions to the construction sector
• How well suited is satellite to deliver solutions to the energy sector
• Map of target markets and players that are currently commercially active (December 2019)
• Satellite players’ development strategies for the IoT market
• Comparison of IoT product prices

4. Ecosystem analysis
• Constellations that have launched a commercial activity
• Other main IoT-centric LEO constellation projects
• Eutelsat’ IoT First: a classic solution for a GEO player
• How the Fleet Space Technologies solution works
• How the Simplex network works
• Breakdown of pre-booked Hiber customers as of March 2019
• Iridium subscribers and revenue in 2016-2018
• Myriota message pricing

5. Market analysis
• 5G IoT timeline

6. Estimations et prévisions de marché
• Progression of the number of connected objects with a satellite module
• Progression of the number of connected objects with an unlicensed LPWAN module whose message will transit via satellite

Geographic area

World

Players

  • Eutelsat
  • Fleet Space technologies
  • Globalstar
  • Hiber
  • Inmarsat
  • Iridium
  • Kineis
  • Lacuna Space
  • Myriota
  • Orbcommm

Other details

  • Reference: M19360MRA
  • Delivery: on the DigiWorld Interactive platform
  • Languages available: French, English
  • Tags: agriculture, energy, gas, iot, logistics, manufacturing, military, mining, NewSpace, oil, public safety, public works, satellite, security, transport

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