Use Cases

April 2022
Agriculture and
Livestock Satellite IoT
Tracking crops and cattle from afar

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Use cases that we can address with Satellite IoT connectivity

Cattle Monitoring & Predictive Analytics Yield

Management for Smart Farming Forecasting

Environment Fuel Precision

Monitoring Management Ranching

Satellite IoT enables agriculture and livestock to scale up digital innovation and deliver new
productivity and precision.

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Challenges

The agriculture industry faces
shrinking available land combined
with growing populations that
demand greater productivity.
The nature of agriculture and
livestock means that operations and
assets are geographically spread
out and difficult to connect with
terrestrial-based wireless
networking.
Digitalization is directly related to
available connectivity and so far,
innovation in IoT has not been able
to scale to serve the largest
operations who can benefit the
most.

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Solution
• The Astronode S module offers
bidirectional communications and a
simple interface with
the Astrocast network.

• Astrocast’s satellite IoT pricing per

module is 50 to 75% less than
conventional satellite solutions, enabling
you to scale up IoT solutions quickly
and achieve rapid return on investment
(ROI).

• Our satellite constellation and pricing

make it possible to connect and deploy
thousands of assets cost-efficiently.
Your organization gains global coverage
while removing barriers to adopting digital
solutions.

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Astrocast Benefits
New Precision and Insights
New Precision and Insights
You can capture new insights,
predict yields, and maximize
land usage with new visibility
into operations and
environments.
New Precision and Insights
Seamless Scalability
Satellite IoT can scale to connect
hundreds of millions of devices
across a global footprint.
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Rapid Digital Transformation
Satellite IoT enables you to
deploy new agritech solutions
wherever they are needed and
without limits.
End-to-End Support
You gain a partner that is
focused on real outcomes and
can help to maximize the value
of IoT in your organization.
Robust and Reliable
Satellite IoT uses L-Band
spectrum, which allows for the
use of miniaturized antennas
and reliable connectivity.
Rapid ROI
Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellite
IoT delivered with cost-efficient
pricing accelerates ROI, as IoT
solutions drive down costs while
increasing control over assets.
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Environment and
Utilities Satellite IoT
Tracking global change

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Use cases that we can address with Satellite IoT connectivity

Weather Gas Universal Data

Data Metering Loggers

Flow Water Distribution Smart

Monitoring Systems Grid

Astrocast makes smarter infrastructure possible with the most advanced nanosatellite IoT network.

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Challenges

Decision makers in the
environmental and utilities sector
recognize the importance of
satellite IoT but lack the
understanding to deploy projects
without guidance.
Deploying IoT projects can be There are huge barriers when
expensive, especially when it is enhancing the capabilities of
across an entire country or even networks and optimizing smart grid
continent, utilities need a solution solutions due to the lack of
that has lower operational costs. terrestrial communication coverage.

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Solution
• Our Astronode S model offers
connectivity with a global
footprint at a price that is 50 to
75% less than conventional
satellite solutions.

• We enable you to monitor

reclosers, fault indicators,
switches, and voltage
regulators, without having to
rely on terrestrial infrastructure.

• Our bidirectional
communications and simple
deployment means you can
adopt digital solutions and
remove barriers quickly and
efficiently.

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Astrocast Benefits
New Precision and Insights
Always-On Connectivity
Benefit from a network that is
connected 24/7 and dedicated
to monitoring visibility into
environments and smart grid
performance.
New Precision and Insights
Seamless Scalability
Satellite IoT can scale to
connect hundreds of millions of
devices across a global
footprint.
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End-to-End Support
You gain a partner that is
focused on real outcomes and
can help to maximize the value
of IoT in your organization.
Simple Deployment
Our Astronode S+ module plug-
and-play solution combines
Astronode S, a Patch Antenna
and cabling for rapid installation.
Geography Efficiency
Satellite IoT will provide new
efficiencies for connecting
thousands of devices across a
massive geographical area.
Rapid Digital Transformation
Satellite IoT enables you to deploy
new smart grid solutions wherever
they are needed and without limits.
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Maritime Satellite IoT
Monitor your assets in open seas

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Use cases that we can address with Satellite IoT connectivity

Container Long Range Inspection &

Tracking Identification Maintenance

Environmental Fuel Fishing

Buoys Management buoys

Satellite IoT enables you to optimise your operations, drive down costs while increasing
visibility across oceans.
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Challenges

Traditional satellite solutions have
a cost-structure that is difficult to
scale across a global footprint and
support thousands of IoT devices.
Many organizations recognize the
opportunity in IoT, but they lack the
skills to develop, test and deploy
IoT solutions without a partner.
Deploying IoT projects can be
expensive, especially when it is
across an entire fleet of ships. The
maritime industry needs a solution
that has lower operational costs.

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Solution
• Astrocast helps you to understand
the opportunity in deploying IoT in
a maritime environment and
develop solutions that can rapidly
deliver return on investment (ROI).

• Our team of experts can work

with you to bridge the skills gap in
your organization and make
deploying IoT solutions simple and
seamless.

• Our pricing per module is 50 to

75% less than conventional
satellite solutions, enabling you to
scale up IoT solutions quickly and
achieve rapid ROI.

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Astrocast Benefits
New Precision and Insights
Rapid ROI
LEO Satellite IoT delivered with
cost-efficient pricing accelerates
ROI, as IoT solutions drive down
costs while increasing control
over assets.
New Precision and Insights
Robust and Reliable
LEO satellite that uses L-Band
spectrum is ideal for use at sea
with the use of miniaturized
antennas and operations.
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A Global Footprint New Control
Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellite Bidirectional communications
IoT enables solutions to be gives you the ability to not only
connected across oceans receive date from an asset, but
delivering new visibility into also send it back, enabling a
operations. whole array of new use cases.
Expert Support Simple Deployment
With end-to-end support you can L-Band modules and antennas
build, test, and deploy new are small, consume minimal
solutions and ensure that you power, and easy to integrate
can maximize the value of into your assets.
satellite IoT in your operations.
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Mining, Oil & Gas
Satellite IoT
Monitoring the smart oilfield

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Use cases that we can address with Satellite IoT connectivity

Gas meter Oil pump Pipeline

monitoring monitoring monitoring

Meter
Exploration Optimization
reading

Satellite IoT for mining, oil and gas transforms the way businesses in this sector operate, with new efficiency
and flexibility.

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Challenges
Large-scale IoT projects need a
significant investment, but many
businesses are facing capital
constraints and increasing capital
pressure.
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The process is complex and, in Supply and demand in rural
many cases, the environment is industrial areas is fundamentally out
harsh, requiring specialized skills of balance, and IoT technologies
and knowledge. Mining, oil and gas are not readily available for
businesses need a partner to businesses that need it.
support them in the deployment of
IoT projects.
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Solution
• By advancing intelligence and
automation, we provide partners with a
cost-effective, scalable global solution.

• Our satellite IoT solutions offer pricing

per module is 50 to 75% less than
conventional satellite solutions,
enabling you to scale up IoT solutions
quickly and achieve rapid return on
investment (ROI).

• We ensure businesses can access the

connectivity needed to make on-
demand decisions about how and
where they mine or extract to
maximize return-on-investment (ROI).

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Astrocast Benefits
New Precision and Insights
Maximum ROI
LEO Satellite IoT delivered with
cost-efficient pricing accelerates
ROI, as IoT solutions drive down
costs while increasing control
over assets.
New Precision and Insights
A Reliable Partner
We provide robust, low-cost
connectivity to your oil and gas
assets allowing you access to
critical information on the most
profitable extraction sites.
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Low Power, High Impact Scaling to Meet Demand
The Astronode S has a peak Businesses can maximize the
power consumption of less opportunities in new and existing
than 0.35W, making it the extractions sites with our
lowest available in the market. scalable Satellite IoT service.
Rapid Advancement Comprehensive Support
Partnering with the most Our expert advice and support eases
advanced global nanosatellite the process of building, testing, and
deploying new solutions to ensure
IoT network gives businesses a
that you maximize the value of
digital edge. Satellite IoT in your organization.
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Land Transport
Satellite IoT
Filling in the Gaps in Fleet Management

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Use cases that we can address with Satellite IoT connectivity

Cargo Tank Tanker

Logistics Monitoring Tracing

Vehicle Fuel Management Dispatch

Diagnostics Optimization

Satellite IoT enables you to connect and control assets across a global footprint with new efficiency and
intelligence.

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Challenges

The nature of the transport
industry means costs are rising,
they need a solution that
automates activities and reduces
costs without a large initial
investment.
Many transport and logistics From trial through to the post
companies cover large and diverse deployment phase of IoT projects
geographies with multiple network across the transport and logistics
providers and large network sector, the skills gap remains one of
infrastructure requirements. the biggest barriers to successful
IoT adoption.

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Solution
• Astrocast enables you to rapidly
deploy and scale IoT solutions across
a global footprint.

• Our Astronode S module uses L-

Band spectrum meaning it is small in
size, requires minimal power and is
easy to deploy and scale across
thousands of devices. It has an ultra-
low peak power consumption of less
than 0.35 W, making it the lowest
available in the market.

• Our satellite IoT pricing per module is

50 to 75% less than conventional
satellite solutions, enabling you to
quickly maximize return on
investment (ROI).

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Astrocast Benefits

New Precision and Insights

Effective Fleet Management Increased Productivity Maintenance

Monitor vehicles using sensors and
gain real-time location tracking to
increase efficiency, reduce costs,
and improve customer service.
Our services enable you to Identification Monitor vehicle
monitor fuel wasting activities diagnostics such as hard
including hard acceleration, braking and idling and be
idling and long routes. alerted before they become
expensive maintenance issues.

New Precision and Insights

New Efficiency End-to-End Support Full Control

Detect inefficiencies such as long
journeys and unnecessary stops
to increase the efficiency of the
entire fleet.
You gain a partner that is
focused on real outcomes and
can help to maximize the value
of IoT in your organization.
Bidirectional communications gives
you the ability to not only receive date
from an asset, but also send it back,
enabling a whole array of new use
cases.

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