The satellite sector is undergoing the biggest transformation in its history and at the root of it all is New Space innovation. We’re moving into new orbits, moving towards new, configurable satellite designs and new business models. And as we saw last week during the Satellite Show’s LEO Forum, interest in this new era is surging as operators, launch providers, service providers and equipment manufacturers learn more about what is expected of them and how they will need to collaborate. This move to NGSO (Non-Geostationary Satellite Orbit) is now pushing the entire ecosystem towards new ways of thinking.

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Thomas Van den Driessche
President and Chief Commercial Officer
Maximizing Monetization,
Minimizing Risk from the Ground Up
LEO:

2. 3 Ecosystems are Converging Today

3. Probably the largest transformation in
satellite history
• From GEO to VHTS GEO/MEO/LEO/HEO
• From 20 GBPS capacity to terabit
level constellations
• From static beams to dynamic beams
• From bespoke payloads to
standardized/programmable payloads?

4. Major transformation in telco history
• To a master 5G platform
• Convergence of all access technologies
• Automation, virtualization, orchestration
• Scale, capacity and performance

5. Ground infrastructure must play a unifying role
• From software-defined satellites to
software-defined networks
• From stand-alone networks to
integrated ecosystems
• From appliances to virtual infrastructure
• From configuration to orchestrated
service delivery

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multi-orbit
multi-access
multi-service | multi-vertical

8. GEO – 36,000km MEO ~ 8,000km LEO ~ 1,000km
High latency (< 700 msec) Low latency (< 150 msec) Very low latency (< 50 msec)
Very large Earth view Large Earth view Small Earth view
Continental gateways (HTS for data) Regional gateways (high throughput) Many local gateways (low throughput)
Stationary antennas
(3 satellites for global coverage)
1-hour tracking
(6 satellites for coverage)
10-minute tracking
(100’s-1,000’s needed for coverage)
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Comparing satellite constellations:
altitude – coverage - latency

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Ground Segment Requirements for Multi-orbit
Evolving towards
orbit agnostic
GEO-MEO-LEO
Enabling:
• Scalability, flexibility, operational efficiency
• Orchestration
• Increased speed of network deployment
• Use of broader cloud-based systems
Dynamically configured space resources:
• Flexible and focused capacity
• Electronically formed and scalable beams
• Inter Satellite links offering optimal routing
Virtual and Digital Ground Segment:
• software-defined
• flexible and extensible virtual architecture
Multi-Orbit Market Boost:
• Enables satellite service providers to
offer a much wider range of services
Next-Gen Powerful Ground Portfolio:
• Multi-access platform
• NGSO capable modem portfolio suited
to extreme bandwidth applications
• Cost-effective and versatile terminals
unlocking new applications/markets
• Flexible baseband
• Unified processing
• Remote open hardware
Space-to-ground integration to deliver maximum flexibility

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The cloud will be the key driver of business innovation
Leading digital pioneers share several key strategies, and cloud is
one of the common denominators for their success.
They leverage cloud services and principles to:
• expand their services
• optimize customer experiences
• create and monetize new services
Continued cloud growth will offer new opportunities for
entrepreneurs to build on top
50% of enterprise workloads will be on IaaS/PaaS of a hyperscale
provider either in public cloud, on-premises, or at the edge.
By 2025

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Seamless, cloud enabled interworking with satellite technology is key to deliver
competitive services and strong customer experiences!
Satellite Technology
NMS HUB
APP
Private and
Public Cloud
Infrastructure
MGMT
Solutions for the Integrated Enterprise
Expand your services
Expand the reach and
capabilities of
information technology
Meet the customers’ needs
for agility and flexibilty.
Quick Deployment through
Agile Networks
Flexible services,
Easy to Deploy
Reliable Cloud Access
Digital Transformation - IoT

12. Ground Segment Optimized for Cloud
• Multi-orbit
• Software defined payloads
• Beam Shaping/Steering
Applications
• Virtual Platform
• Private/Public Cloud Resources
• Resource and Service Orchestration
• APIs and Applications
Cloud Layer
• Multi-orbit optimized ground infrastructure
• Manage and orchestrate satellites’ software-defined capabilities
• Maximize flexibility and drive core/remote network scale
• Transport of data across the core terrestrial network
Ground Layer
• Personalized network view
• Access to performance, analytics and monitoring information
• Network-based personalization driving value-added services
• Interact collaboratively with the network at various abstraction layers
RESOURCE ORCHESTRATION
RESOURCE
CONTROLLER
API
SERVICE
ORCHESTRATION
Cloud-native NMS
MULTI-ORBIT
SpaceLayer
End-user Services Layer
The potential of virtualization via collaborative digital platforms!
IoT
END-USER SERVICES
VIRTUALIZED GROUND INFRASTRUCTURE

13. Achieve seamless integration of satellite
technology with the broader telecom and
5G ecosystems.

14. Satellite as an Integral Part of the 5G Ecosystem
Align with standards Align with standards
Align with standards
Satellite System
Hub Terminal

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How does the satellite ground
segment answer the market’s call for
unprecedented service agility?

16. Meet the dynamics of
New Space
Adopt best practices from
broader telco ecosystem
Advance the unique capabilities
of the ground segment
3 Dynamics

17. Innovation Enablers For Ground
Adopt Industry
Standards
& Open Source
Adopt & Adapt
Global Telco and IT
Ecosystem Innovations
• Orchestration Framework
• Virtualization and Cloud scale
Core Technologies
• Waveforms
• Cross-Layer Optimizations
• Global Bandwidth
management
Application Specific
Modules
• Maritime,Aero,IOT,
Government, Enterprise,
Cellular, Media

18. Innovation Enablers Ground Innovation
Initiatives
Customer Value
Industry standards and
open source
Adopt terrestrial standards
Steer satellite specific
standards
Easier operation through integration
with broader ecosystems
Adopt & Adapt
Global Telco & IT Ecosystem
Innovations
Standards based Orchestration
Move towards Virtualization
and Cloud scale
Easy access to new technology and
opening new business models
More efficient use of resources
Solve current and future
scalability/cost constraints
New revenue and cost models
Core technologies Innovate waveforms, modems
and satellite optimizations
More service types and most
efficient use of satellite capacity
Innovations for unprecedented service agility

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In Conclusion…

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Monetization comes from
the enormous diversity of
potential business cases
CLOUD
• Easily manage complex networks
• Rapidly expand your network
• Minimize operational complexity
• Explore new
business models
The right design for greater
simplicity in a complex
connectivity fabric!
Our view of the future is multi-orbit.
It's connected networks.
It's cloud.
• Deliver competitive services
and strong customer
experiences
Monetize & Minimize Risk
from the Ground Up
Multi-Orbit, Multi-Service,
Virtualized, cost-efficient
Multi Access Multi Services
Multi
Multi
Orbit Vertical
Solution Building Blocks:
Towards Maximizing Monetization and Minimizing Risk

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Thomas Van den Driessche
President and Chief Commercial Officer
Maximizing Monetization,
Minimizing Risk from the Ground Up
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