Seventy percent of the Earth’s surface is covered by oceans where cellular and broadband connectivity cannot be provided. Marine and maritime industries—including shipping, offshore mining, port operations, and aquaculture—often rely upon manual processes to monitor equipment and water conditions, if those processes exist at all. Traditional monitoring relies on infrequent vessel visits, manual water sampling, and visual inspections. A lack of information can result in delayed response to environmental changes, inability to remotely monitor equipment, missed pollution alerts, and increased operational risks across all marine sectors.
Digitization can enable visibility, predictive maintenance, automated systems, and streamlined reporting, while improving safety and sustainability. As demands for regulatory compliance, environmental monitoring, and operational efficiency grow, offshore industries are pressured to find better means of operation.
- Inefficient Operations
- No Access to Infrastructure
- Limited Visibility
Costly & Fragmented Marine Connectivity
Patchy Connectivity
- Delayed Insights
- High infrastructure costs
Marine and maritime industries have increasingly sought to leverage Internet of Things (IoT) technologies for operational efficiency, predictive maintenance, and enhanced safety. However, projects struggle because reliable connectivity is unavailable beyond terrestrial networks.
Volumes of sensor data on container ships, oil platforms, buoys, and at fisheries frequently cannot be transmitted when located outside coverage zones or when weather or waves cause radio frequency interference. As a result, information is delayed or lost, making predictive maintenance impossible and limiting effective decision-making. The inability of devices to reconnect after leaving their home networks further complicate seamless IoT operations in marine environments. Without robust connectivity, the full value of maritime digitization remains difficult to realize.
Marine Connectivity Without Roaming Charges
Lacuna satellites solve the core connectivity problem that prevents maritime digitization—the absence of reliable data transmission in offshore environments. The satellite constellation delivers global coverage through a network of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellites, enabling maritime IoT sensors to transmit data reliably regardless of geographic location or weather interference.
Lacuna’s direct sensor-to-satellite communication eliminates the need for gateways, repeaters, or other complex infrastructure. Autonomous battery-powered sensors can operate independently for extended periods in remote marine locations. This solution supports intermittent data transmission where IoT devices cache sensor data locally and transmit when satellites pass overhead. With a low-cost sensor ecosystem, low-power consumption, and long-range communication, Lacuna’s satellites make any-scale IoT deployment economically viable across vast marine areas.
- Global Coverage
- Interoperable Technology
Ultra-Low Power
- Complementary systems
- Low Density Deployments
- Direct-to-Satellite Links
