<p>➀ Skynopy, an end-to-end ground station service startup, secured €15 million in Series A funding involving the French government and CNES to deploy a global high-throughput ground station network;</p><p>➁ The funds will accelerate its AKAR project (S/X/Ka bands), targeting real-time satellite data downlink by 2028, especially for Earth observation, with a goal of sub-20-minute revisit time and doubled data per satellite pass;</p><p>➂ The company’s 'as-a-service' model integrates third-party infrastructure and proprietary antennas, supported by partnerships (AWS, Kinéis), while expanding technical and marketing teams.</p>