Satellite + The Internet Of Things (IoT)... Where’s The Opportunity For Ku-Band?

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By Stein Harstad, Managing Director, TSAT

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Stein Harstad is the managing director of TSAT AS. Stein has more than 20 years of experience in satellite communications in executive roles within research and development, sales and marketing, product management and strategy formulation and deployment.

Smart Water.

The world’s water resources are under pressure from increased population growth, expansion of business activity in the developing world, rapid urbanization, climate change and depleting aquifers from heavy agricultural irrigation. Public agencies and water system operators will need to manage their resources and infrastructure smarter. These initiatives entail greater use of smart sensors, smart meters and smart devices that enable increased automation and use of advanced business analytics. Ku-band supports several key applications related to water management—for example, the real-time collection of data from rain and storm water harvesting feeding into reservoirs; managing water levels in dams, rivers and reservoirs to prevent fooding; monitoring and controlling equipment at purifcation and pumping stations; real-time metering of water fows in water pipeline networks; detection of leaks or breaks in pipelines and just-in-time remote shutdown to minimize loss; just-in-time irrigation in agriculture by monitoring soil moisture content; and security and access controls around dams and reservoirs.