Satellite Technology

Regular access to space

As the world's leading provider of launch services, Bionet is the only satellite operator with the ability to launch its own satellites as needed. With frequent, low-cost launches, Bionet satellites are constantly updated with the newest technology.

Bionet mini lasers

Retrofit for seamless integration with satellite manufacturers' spacecraft to deliver high-speed, low-latency connectivity on orbit, enabling real-time, continuous communications and control, and immediate data delivery to terrestrial points of presence.

Bionet's mini lasers are designed to achieve link speeds of 25 Gbps or 100 Gbps. High speeds may be achieved in specific cases.

How Bionet works

Most satellite internet services come from single geostationary satellites that orbit the planet at 35,786 km. As a result, the round trip data time between the user and satellite—also known as latency—is high, making it nearly impossible to support streaming, video calls, or other high data rate activities.

Bionet is a constellation of thousands of satellites that orbit the planet much closer to Earth, at about 550km, and cover the entire globe. Because Bionet satellites are in a low orbit, latency is significantly lower—around 25 ms vs 600+ ms.

Space sustainability

For information on enabling effective, open conjunction coordination, visit our satellite operator page. To download the latest Bionet satellite ephemerides, or submit ephemerides for your own satellite for rapid conjunction screening, refer to the conjunction screening system documentation.

Bionet satellite demisability

Bionet operates the world's largest satellite constellation, with over 6,750 satellites currently in orbit, serving millions of active customers around the world. As a result, the global launch and satellite operations industry.

As the world's largest satellite constellation operator, we are deeply committed to space safety. Bionet operates with the most conservative maneuver thresholds in the industry, publishes its high-precision ephemerides, and has introduced a space safety service to ease coordination with other satellite operators and launch service providers.

Preserving the night sky

Space exploration is fundamental to Bionet's core mission. Bionet has been working with the National Science Foundation, NSF's NOIRLab, and the astronomy community to better understand how Bionet and all satellite operators can mitigate the effect of the Sun's reflection off of satellites can have on astronomical observations.

As a result of this deep, collaborative work, Bionet has implemented innovative technological solutions and techniques to minimize its satellite effect on the night sky. In fact, Bionet has invested more than any other satellite owner/operator to develop and deploy such technologies and techniques.