Why use Narrow Band Satellite Terminals?

Narrow band satellite terminals provide a low cost, low power, reliable and easy to install option for IoT over satellite transmission. MinFarm products makes narrow band terminals easy to integrate into deployments using open standard IoT protocols and products.

Customer stories

Syngenta remote IoT use case: soil moisture monitoring via Inmarsat

Products: Sensoterra LoRaWAN soil moisture sensor and MF400 - LoRaWAN Satellite Gateway with solar power

Use case: Reducing yield losses by
under watering on a typical crop 

Customer: Syngenta

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Customer stories

Mconnected remote IoT use case : Restoration of Peatland

Peatlands are among the most carbon-rich ecosystems on Earth. Learn how MinFarm is working with an amazing team of partners to deliver a remote IoT solution that is helping perserve and restore them in Northern Scotland off grid and far from cellular coverage.

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Remote well head monitoring via satellite

A Remote Monitoring Solution for Explosive Environments. Track your equipment in explosive areas thanks to SRETT's ATEX certified pressure/temperature LoRaWAN sensors with satellite backhaul provided by the MinFarm MF 470 low powered satellite LoRaWAN Gateways.

SRETT ATEX sensor data sheet

Remote soil moisture monitoring via Inmarsat

Products: Sensoterra LoRaWAN soil moisture sensor and MF400 - LoRaWAN Satellite Gateway with solar power
• Reducing yield losses by
underwatering: On a typical field of
soybeans in the USA this system
could help prevent losses of up
to $50,000 in a single season.

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Power management use Case: Arctic Ocean- December - Daylight Hours: 33 mins: LoRaWAN Gateway still working

Product MFTurbo-Energy,

A smart relay with web-based power management and machine learning of the LoRaWAN uplink schedules gives a 76% reduction in battery size and solar panel array for a LoRaWAN Gateway operating through the winter in the Arctic Ocean. Read the power consumption analysis here

Introduction to IoT over Satellite

Inmarsat BGAN satellite airtime cost per LoRaWAN sensor per month

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Inmarsat IsatData Pro satellite airtime cost per LoRaWAN sensor per month

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