Semtech and Lacuna Sending LoRaWAN Messages from Space

Semtech Corporation, a semiconductor provider and developer of advanced algorithms for the IoT, and Lacuna Space have announced a collaboration with space industry leaders, including the European Space Agency (ESA) and Parametric, to extend a LoRaWAN network into orbit by providing satellite connectivity to fill voids between the terrestrial gateways out of cellular reach and provide continuous global coverage. Lacuna Space uses a constellation of polar low-earth orbiting satellites to receive messages from sensors integrated with Semtech’s LoRa devices and wireless radio frequency technology on the ground. The satellites circle over the poles of the earth every 100 minutes store transmitted messages for a short period of time until they pass over the network of ground stations. Data is relayed to an application on a terrestrial network or be viewed on a web based application.