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OQ Technology shrinks LEO NTN satellite terminal to mobile-chipset scale for UAVs

Published 3 July 2026

Luxembourg-based OQ Technology has successfully tested a 3GPP NTN satellite terminal miniaturized to the footprint of a standard mobile chipset, removing the bulky antennas that previously made LEO connectivity impractical for small UAVs. Operating in S-band (2–4 GHz), the design is more weather-resilient than Ka/Ku alternatives and enables real-time compressed video relay through a LEO constellation — in principle giving any lightweight drone satellite-quality beyond-line-of-sight command and telemetry links without specialist hardware.

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