IoT startup Hiber forms ground station partnership with KSAT – SpaceNews.com
More than 50 customers have signed up for Hiber’s pilot program, representing the industries it plans to serve, including asset management, precision agriculture and energy, Engelen said.
Hiber will transmit data messages to customers at least hourly, which means the company will need to launch approximately 36 cubesats, Engelen said. The company will expand its constellation to demand. When Hiber’s current pilot customers project their growth onto our network, “we are already at 60 probably 80 satellites to service that demand,” Engelen said.
On Aug. 8, Hiber installed its first ground station on the roof of its research and development center in Delft, the Netherlands. Hiber also plans to route customer communications through a ground station in Svalbard, Norway, operated by KSAT.