12/06/2025
Arribada’s new Argos & Kinéis satellite transmitter, the 𝗔𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗮𝗱𝗮 𝗦𝗠𝗗, is now on general sale. For only €50, it’s one of the cheapest and most accessible hardware solutions to access satellite IoT services.
🛰️https://arribada.org/arribada-smd/
Having now shipped all pre-orders, biologging tag developers are designing new tags for s***m whales, engineers are deploying ultra-light weather balloons and marine researchers are dreaming of tracking juvenile sea turtles at scale due to the new capability of accessing the Kinéis nanosatellite constellation – 25 dedicated Argos compatible satellites, meaning 15 minute revisits globally, enhanced localisation and positioning, coupled with low hardware costs and a tiny footprint size of only 20mm x 20mm.
With the Arribada SMD you too can now unlock access to;
🐋Developing low cost marine biologging tags to track marine mammals, sea turtles, sharks, rays and any animal that surfaces for a brief period of time, using the enhanced accuracy of the Kinéis constellation for GPS-less positioning.
🍃Incorporating ultra-low power satellite connectivity into your existing fixed sensors, from Antarctica to the Arctic, where battery life and energy efficiency is paramount and global connectivity assured.
🔌Developer friendly integration options, with a Wing and Adafruit Feather Kit available to make it as easy as possible to design your own custom solutions, with example source code and a Zephyr application available out of the box.
Explore the full family of 𝗔𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗮𝗱𝗮 𝗦𝗠𝗗 products at https://arribada.org/arribada-smd/ and learn more about Argos satellites powered by CLS and the new Kineis constellation.
📡https://telemetry.groupcls.com/argos-solutions/argos-services/
📡https://www.kineis.com/