Özdemir Gümüşay, Deputy General Director of Plan-S Engineering and Technology, said that the company, which was founded in July 2021, has so far sent 5 satellites into orbit with 4 different mission purposes.
Emphasizing that the main purpose of the satellites sent into orbit so far is to develop satellite subsystems, provide them with flight history and test basic technologies for the IoT and Earth observation services to be provided, Gümüşay stated that they sent the first satellite in 2022 and that they learned and experienced a lot here.
Stating that they had the opportunity to verify many subsystems they developed and test them in orbit with the four satellites they sent later, Gümüşay said:
“As of today, we are ready to provide our services. We are about to launch the satellites that we will serve. The five satellites so far have provided a basis for their preparation and technology verification.”
It is a very exciting process for us. What we have been dreaming about and dreaming about at night for almost 2.5 years is coming true. We are sending our IoT satellites, the satellites that we will serve, into orbit. It was a difficult process, we were tired, but it was also fun. If all goes well, these satellites will enter orbit in July. To date, all development, verification, production and integration phases have been completed.
The satellites are ready for launch. They will fly to Vandenberg Space Center for launch next week. They are sent on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. This is followed by a rapid commissioning and testing process. “We are shipping it in July, the satellites will be commissioned and tested in about two months, and if all goes well, we plan to launch IoT communication services with these satellites in September.”
A satellite constellation with more than 100 satellites is being created
Stating that more than 100 satellites will be included in this satellite constellation project, Gümüşay said that they aim to provide very low latency communication services to any part of the world.
Emphasizing that they will continue to work quickly and launch satellites, Özdemir Gümüşay stated that they signed the launch contract for 12 satellites together with these satellites.
Stating that the contracts for launches in 2025, 2026 and 2027 are about to be signed, Gümüşay said, “After these 4 satellites, the plan is to send 4 satellites in October, then 4, then 8-8, 16-16 satellites .” . In a very short time there will be more than 100 satellites in orbit.” “We want to provide and distribute these services. Exciting and entertaining topics await us, such as not only the manufacture of satellites, but also the design and distribution.” Devices that will communicate with these satellites are continuing apace. said.
Many problems are solved from space
Tugay Güzel, General Manager of Plan-S, explained that they are working on methods to provide services from space with five test satellites and that there are many sectors they can serve on the ground in this direction.
Emphasizing that they have built all the subunits of the satellites, Güzel explained that in this process they have prepared the infrastructure of millions of devices that will be deployed on the ground when the satellites become operational.
Güzel explained that they conducted various experiments in the fields of energy, agriculture and logistics with five satellites and tested how to track devices with satellites, how to receive data and how to establish a connection. They prevented one of the biggest problems of this technology, namely the Fact that full connection is not possible. Güzel said: “With these satellites, we wanted to solve this problem on a very large scale and enable machines to communicate with each other by connecting millions of devices at the same time and solving so many problems in the world from space,” he said.
Emphasizing that providing IoT communication services with satellite constellations is very new to the world and that there are three to four companies that can provide this service, Güzel said: “To put it simply, we wanted to roll out 5G worldwide.” To ensure the Internet of Things devices are connected to each other, we have so far deployed 4 satellites together. Our goal with 5 satellites was to connect millions or even billions of devices. “We will have a removable infrastructure, actually a superstructure, in space,” gave his assessment.
Access problems will disappear for many industries
Stating that the number of sectors using space as a solution remains limited due to limited access to this technology, Güzel said that with the constellation of satellites, they have made this technology accessible to many different sectors.
Güzel explained that in this way, energy and water meters could be read remotely, logistics companies could establish uninterrupted connections with elements between the sea or cities, and agricultural areas could be monitored in different dimensions in all inaccessible areas, and in areas where access If possible, a backup access service is provided.
Güzel pointed out that there are an estimated 21.6 billion IoT devices in the world and that this number is expected to increase to 35 billion in 2030, explaining that they will be able to serve users shortly after sending the Satellites to operate.
Güzel explained that a satellite stays over Turkey for about 20 minutes and spends the remaining time in different countries around the world, saying that they can provide the same service and quality at any point in the world.
Güzel said that this technology will provide an important opportunity for monitoring and security of machines in the construction, energy, logistics and agricultural industries.
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