Kinéis, satellite operator and connectivity provider for the Internet of Things (IoT), is continuing the
deployment of the 1st European constellation dedicated to the IoT, comprising 25 nanosatellites.
Kinéis is keeping to its announced schedule: the second of the 5 launches is scheduled during a
14-day launch window that opens on Tuesday 17 September 2024, from New Zealand, with Rocket
Lab’s Electron launcher. The aim is to place 5 new satellites into orbit. This second mission, “Kinéis
Killed the RadIoT Star”, comes just three months after the success of the previous mission on 20 June.
Commenting on this 2nd launch, Alexandre Tisserant, Chairman of Kinéis, said: “The Kinéis teams are ready to build on the success of the 1st launch. They have capitalized on this first and delicate technical experience of putting our first 5 satellites into position and are delivering a real technical performance
in managing the 5 new satellites simultaneously, in addition to the 5 already in the air. Rocket Lab’s Electron launcher made a major contribution to this success, thanks to the precision with which it injected our nanosatellites into their positions. The IoT revolution is underway. Thanks to our space based connectivity, we’ll be able to connect any object anywhere in the world in near real time. Go Kinéis!
Five launches are required to deploy the Kinéis IoT constellation. They are scheduled to
take place between June 2024 and early 2025, a first in the new French space sector for the
deployment of a constellation. They will be carried out from the Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1
base on the Māhia Peninsula, on the east coast of New Zealand’s North Island. With 5 satellites
to be placed in orbit per launch, Kinéis has chosen to be the sole passenger on each of these
5 launches, enabling it to control its launch schedule and improve the operability of the
positioning of each satellite. The first launch, on 20 June, successfully placed 5 nanosatellites
into orbit.
Watch the show and the broadcast of the 1st launch:
https://www.youtube.com/live/lekRGP0nUDc?si=4Xh2XPICT5Un312c
