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How One Founder Realized Satellite Internet Didn’t Have to be Fast or Expensive to be Useful

In this podcast, Sara Spangelo walks through how she went from an engineering career that included stints at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Google, to building Swarm as a first-time founder and CEO

SwarmJames StephensJune 23, 2021

eze System and Swarm Technologies Enter Into a Global Integration Partnership

Swarm’s satellite connectivity solution will be embedded into eze System’s end-to-end IIoT system - making it a truly global solution

SwarmJames StephensMarch 22, 2021

Satellite Startup Swarm Kicks off Space-Based Internet Service

Swarm Technologies, among the first of a new breed of startups racing to offer Internet connections from low-cost satellites, has started selling its service to businesses

SwarmJames StephensFebruary 9, 2021

Swarm a Step Closer to IoT Satellite Net After NZ Launch

Swarm Technologies has launched its latest 24 satellites, using a launchpad on New Zealand’s Māhia peninsula operated by Rocket Lab

SwarmJames StephensNovember 23, 2020

Announcing Products and Pricing for the World’s Lowest-Cost Satellite Communications Network

After three years of technical innovation, building, and testing, Swarm Technologies have announced the commercial availability of the company’s hardware product and data service.

SwarmJames StephensSeptember 30, 2020

Swarm Technologies Chooses Momentus and SpaceX to Launch Constellation of Tiny Satellites

Swarm Technologies has struck an agreement with California-based Momentus for the launch of a dozen telecommunication satellites in December

SwarmJames StephensApril 22, 2020

Swarm ‘To Start Commercial Satellite Services this Year’ says CEO

Nano satellite company Swarm has received its licences from the US regulator and plans to start customer service later this year.

SwarmJames StephensApril 7, 2020

The Most Innovative Space Companies of 2020

Companies including Swarm Technologies set their sights on democratizing the space industry by providing alternatives to high-tech, high price-tag options.

SwarmJames StephensMarch 10, 2020

Silicon Valley Satellite Startup Installs Ground Station in Antarctica

The Founders of Swarm Technologies, a San Francisco satellite start-up, journeyed to remote McMurdo Station to install a ground antenna for a space network designed for Internet of Things sensors

SwarmJames StephensFebruary 11, 2020

FCC Approves Swarm Technologies Deployment of 150 LEO Satellite Constellation

Swarm now hopes to get its entire constellation into orbit by the end of 2020.

SwarmJames StephensOctober 18, 2019

Satellite Data Increasingly Affordable, Accessible for Governments

Swarm Technologies co-founder and CTO Benjamin Longmier explains how his company syncs public and private-sector clients to maximize data use from small satellites.

SwarmJames StephensSeptember 4, 2019

How AI, Drones and Virtual Reality Could Help Tackle the Amazon Fires

One company trying to bring greater connectivity to these places is Swarm Technologies, a Silicon Valley firm which specialises in tiny satellites.

SwarmJames StephensAugust 30, 2019

Swarm CEO: There’s No Excuse to Not Have Global Internet

Swarm Technologies making quite a buzz in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) with seven satellites already orbiting and 150 planned total.

SwarmJames StephensFebruary 6, 2019

Swarm Raises $25 Million Series A to Build World’s Lowest-Cost Satellite Network

NJF Capital invests in satellite company on track to deliver global Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity at a fraction of the cost.

SwarmJames StephensJanuary 24, 2019