Toulouse’s spatial Nugget has just successfully achieved its fifth and last start. The 25 satellites of his constellation, which are devoted to the Internet of Things (IoT), are now used with just over 600 kilometers above our heads. The marketing of his services is now imminent.
And five! This Tuesday, March 18, 2025, at 2:31 a.m. (Paris times), the Rocket Lab company successfully carried out the fifth and last start of Kinéis from Mahia, New Zealand. The electron rocket has brought the last five nanosatellites of its constellation into the Internet of Things (IoT), a European first.
“The satellites were deposited by the launcher on a temporary orbit of 635 km above sea level and Christophe Vasall, the chairman of the Kinéis supervisory authority. Thanks to their electrical drive system, our surgical team must then position them in their last orbit 650 km. With this use of a total of 25 satellites, the spatial start -up in Ramonville is preparing Saint-agne at the opening of his commercial services.
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The consecration of a champion “in France”
Kinéis was created in 2018 and achieved a real performance through ORBIT 25 nanosatellites in less than a year. Success made it possible thanks to 100 % French, public and private means. Today the company offers the only operational satellite solution to react to the problem of white areas. And there are many because 85 % of the planet are not covered by land networks.
Equipped with advanced technology, the 25 kinéis nanosatellites are positioned on a low orbit (Leo) and run 40,000 km per orbit. This proximity to the earth reduces latency and improves the quality of the signal. The satellites, each weighing 28 kg, are equipped with electrical drive systems that are powered by solar collectors to ensure their maintenance in orbit. The constellation is supplemented by a network of twenty ground stations that are distributed to the four corners of the planet and enable data transmission and fast processing.
Marketing in sight
With this latest start, Kinéis turns to marketing his services for a period of eight years. You must be ready for operationIs June. Thanks to a day system, the constellation can locate any connected object around the world in real time. Depending on its users, it can be used to recognize forest fires or floods, to monitor the infrastructure and energy networks or to follow the activities of the sea or rails.
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For example, the CLS company plans to use this constellation to follow fishing boats and herds. The consortium formed by European locations and Kerlink intends to locate it in real time. The applications are endless and the advantages to monitor, monitor, monitor and draw attention that are not covered by land networks in many critical areas.
Kinéis builds on these first successes and plans to reach its profitability threshold this year via sales of € 20 million of € 2026 and the 100 million euros in eight years.