Eutelsat to Conduct Nanosatellite IoT Testing

Eutelsat commissioned a nanosatellite from Terran Orbital, to assess performance of low earth orbit satellites in providing narrowband IoT connectivity, it said Thursday. The launch is scheduled for 2019, it said, saying it will collaborate with narrowband IoT network operator Sigfox on analyzing the spectrum used by the satellite in ISM1 bands and processing the IoT data. Eutelsat said the nanosat also will be used to test connectivity in other bands.