ST LOUIS – OneWeb announced six finalists May 22 for its annual Innovation Challenge.
The finalists chosen by the London-based broadband communications company are:
- KP Labs, a Polish startup that applies artificial intelligence for demanding space missions;
- LUTW, a Canadian nonprofit focused on off-grid solar energy projects;
- MAV Reality, a cloud collaboration and video conferencing specialist ;
- Ramon.Space, a Silicon Valley space supercomputer supplier;
- Romanian in Space Engineering (RISE), a research-focused aerospace firm;
- Skyted, a French startup that makes a speciality of technology for confidential calls and conversations; and
- Space Products and Innovation (SPiN), a German firm focused on reducing the price of satellite integration.
Greater than 70 competitors from 25 countries participated in OneWeb’s Innovation Challenge 2022, called Connectivity and Beyond! Through the competition, conducted with European Space Agency, OneWeb invited people to discover services and products to “unleash the potential in OneWeb’s global communications network to serve future generations,” in keeping with the news release.
Massimiliano Ladovaz, OneWeb’s chief technical officer, said in an announcement, “Huge congratulations to the seven Industrial category finalists announced today. They join a growing list of organizations with access to OneWeb’s resources to collaborate and grow inside our innovation community. On behalf of OneWeb, I have the desire to make a special mention to everyone who took part – the calibre of the entries was high and we are going to proceed to have interaction with many other participants as we go forward.”
OneWeb has 633 first-generation broadband satellites in low-Earth orbit. The corporate needs only 588 to supply global coverage. The remaining satellites function in-orbit backups.