Ares Swarm
IoT Connectivity

ARES (Advanced Relay for Earth Sensors) is Infinity Space’s revolutionary constellation Swarm of 0.25U CubeSats, designed to connect the world’s IoT devices from orbit.

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The IoT Swarm from Space

The ARES platform is built on a compact 0.25U CubeSat chassis, measuring just 10 x 10 x 2.5 cm. Despite its small size, the platform is highly capable, offering a robust framework for low-Earth orbit IoT relay missions. Its miniaturised architecture allows for high-volume, low-cost deployment—ideal for building large, resilient swarms capable of global coverage. Each ARES unit is a compact 0.25U CubeSat, optimized for low power usage, rapid deployment, and smart autonomous operation. Operating together as a synchronized swarm, these satellites act as one intelligent network, constantly adapting to deliver reliable and efficient connectivity.

Connecting the Unconnected

ARES is purpose-built to bridge the digital divide. By offering persistent IoT coverage from orbit, it allows devices in previously unreachable regions—such as oceans, deserts, forests, and rural areas—to stay connected, enabling new levels of insight, monitoring, and automation.

From agriculture and environmental monitoring to logistics and emergency services, ARES enables secure, low-latency IoT data exchange. Its continuous global presence makes it ideal for real-time updates in critical sectors where every second counts. Designed with affordability in mind, ARES CubeSats can be mass-produced and launched in groups. This modular and scalable approach allows for incremental expansion, cost-effective upgrades, and flexible mission planning based on real-world needs.

Platform Specifications

Dimensions: 10 x 10 x 2.5 cm (0.25U standard)
Number of CubeSats in the Swarm: 125
Mass: 350g
Structure: Aluminium 7075-T6 with thermal coatings
Attitude Control: Passive magnetic stabilisation with hysteresis rods
Primary Payload: Low-Power IoT Communications Relay
Secondary Payload: Onboard Cortex-M4 MCU
Antenna: Four 437 MHz Deployable UHF Dipole
Data Storage: 512 Mb NOR Flash
Payload Data Downlink: 100 kbps (UHF)Orbit Altitude: 450–600 km SSO (Sun-Synchronous Orbit)

Always-On Data for Critical Applications

From agriculture and environmental monitoring to logistics and emergency services, ARES enables secure, low-latency IoT data exchange. Its continuous global presence makes it ideal for real-time updates in critical sectors where every moment matters. Designed with affordability in mind, ARES CubeSats can be mass-produced and launched in groups. This modular and scalable approach allows for phased expansion, cost-effective upgrades, and flexible mission planning based on real-world requirements.

ARES satellites are engineered for durability in low Earth orbit, with robust communication systems and autonomous fault management. The swarm design means that if one unit fails, others seamlessly take over its workload, ensuring uninterrupted service.

Infinity OS: The AI Behind the Swarm

Each CubeSat operates on Infinity OS, a proprietary AI-driven operating system that coordinates swarm behaviours, optimises data routing, and learns from its environment. This intelligence transforms the ARES network into a living, adaptive system. ARES heralds a future where space and Earth are seamlessly connected. With its flexible architecture and a vision for continuous global coverage, Infinity Space is pushing the boundaries of satellite IoT to support innovation, sustainability, and universal connectivity.

Low-Power IoT Communications Relay

The heart of the ARES mission is its IoT relay payload, designed to receive and forward data from terrestrial IoT devices. It supports short, low-bandwidth messages typical of remote sensors and smart devices in hard-to-reach areas. Acting as a node in a mesh-like swarm, each ARES unit can buffer, store, and forward packets intelligently during LEO passes.

Each ARES unit is equipped with a highly efficient software-defined radio (SDR) optimised for low-data-rate protocols such as LoRa, FSK, and GMSK, allowing seamless integration with a wide variety of terrestrial IoT sensor platforms. The payload includes adaptive filtering and error correction algorithms to ensure message integrity in noisy RF environments, and supports autonomous scheduling to reduce collision and data duplication across the swarm.

Onboard Cortex-M4 MCU for Swarm Coordination

A low-power ARM Cortex-M4 microcontroller enables autonomous operation and inter-satellite coordination. This unit manages communications protocols, health checks, and dynamic swarm behaviour, including collision avoidance and optimised data routing. It plays a central role in maintaining the satellite’s autonomy with minimal ground intervention.

437 MHz Deployable UHF Dipole Antenna

The ARES platform is fitted with a spring-loaded deployable UHF dipole antenna, tuned to 437 MHz. This configuration is ideal for robust, low-power communication in LEO. Once deployed, the antenna enables consistent data links to ground stations and ensures interoperability with a wide range of terrestrial gateway receivers.

The antenna system is engineered for maximum radiation efficiency within the UHF band, with impedance matching circuitry to minimise return loss and optimise link margins during high-velocity orbital passes. Constructed from space-qualified spring steel and gold-plated copper traces, the dipole deploys automatically post-ejection and locks into position to maintain structural rigidity and RF performance.

Payload Data Downlink: 100 kbps (UHF)

ARES supports a UHF downlink rate of up to 100 kbps, optimised for small IoT data packets. The downlink stream supports burst-mode transmission during brief ground passes, maximising throughput while conserving energy. Data is encrypted and compressed, ensuring high integrity and efficiency across the network. The downlink architecture employs forward error correction (FEC) and automatic repeat request (ARQ) protocols to minimise packet loss during Doppler-shifted passes, while adaptive bitrate control allows the system to scale performance based on link quality. The modulation scheme—typically GMSK or BPSK—is selected for its robustness in noisy LEO channels, enabling efficient spectrum use within regulatory constraints.

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