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The Non-GEO Constellations Analysis Toolkit (NCAT)





NCAT-supported reports, webinars and white papers:

Analysys Mason webinar

Bold statements for space

Watch webinar → Analysys Mason webinar

Satcom 2026: your burning questions answered

Watch webinar → Skylo-commissioned WP

MNOs and OEMs need to Adopt Satellite D2D Now

Read white paper → Amazon-commissioned report

LEO Satellite Broadband as a Cost-Effective Solution for Rural Europe

Read report → Analysys Mason webinar

MWC 2026: everything you need to know

Watch webinar → NSR white paper

Capabilities and Limitations of Non-GEO Constellations

Read white paper →

NCAT in the press

China Talk

Building China’s Two Starlinks

Read article → PC Mag

Why Hasn't Amazon Launched Its Leo Satellite Internet Service Yet?

Read article → Via Satellite

The Coming Wave of Competition in LEO Constellations

Read article → PC Mag

Look Up: Here's How Many Starlink Satellites Are Flying Over You

Read article → Light Reading

Musk's massive space-based data center: Super scale or sheer folly?

Read article → New Space Economy

Strategic Review of Analysys Masons Space Research Programs for 2026

Read article → PC Mag

Like Starlink's Early Days, Amazon Leo Won't Target Polar Regions At First

Read article → Data Center Dynamics

Starlink looks to use Echostar spectrum for thousands of new satellites

Read article → PC Mag

SpaceX Eyes 15,000 More Satellites for Cellular Starlink, Hints at Carrier Plans

Read article → Orbital Today

Can Eutelsat Replace Starlink For Ukraine? Technical and Business Questions

Read article → Constellations - Kratos Space

Geopolitics and Sovereignty Are (Once Again) a Driving Force for the Space Industry

Read article → Via Satellite

10 Takeaways from SATELLITE 2025 from Analysys Mason

Read article → APSCC

Nations with LEO Sovereignty Ambitions Should Revisit Lessons from Past Space Co-operation

Read article → The Journal of Space Commerce

Non-GEO Constellations Analysis Toolkit

Read article → Via Satellite

Analyzing Short to Long-Term Trends in Satellite Capacity

Read article → SatNews

LEO Speed: When Milliseconds are Worth $Millions

Read article → Satellite Evolution Group

SpaceX-RAYing Starlink developments

Read article →

Articles and use cases:


Starlink Is Uberizing Satellite Pricing. NCAT Saw It Coming in 2021
Starlink Mobile: SpaceX’s strategy to challenge US carriers
TNAT 1.3: Fusing population and telecom data into smarter network expansion strategies
Building China’s Two Starlinks
Why Hasn't Amazon Launched Its Leo Satellite Internet Service Yet?
D2D may be a spectrum story more than a satellite story
A fire at the Starlink gateway in Wola Krobowska near Warsaw was attempted sabotage
SpaceX’s filing for its future V3 broadband constellation is massive
2026 Set to See First Year-on-Year Drop in Orbital Mass in Years
Eutelsat Next NGSO constellation filing with the FCC
Orbital data centers (ODC) dawn-dusk sun-synchronous orbits
Amazon's next-generation LEO D2D constellation
Starlink can win 50% of fixed broadband subscribers by 2031
NCAT 6.3 Released: The Telecom Network Analysis Tool (TNAT)
NCAT 6.2 Released: Enhanced Satellite Constellation Analysis
NCAT v6.1: Expanding the Frontier of Satellite Network Analysis
NCAT Changelog: A Year in Review
From Speculation to Strategy: How Deep Analytics Drive Satellite Investment Decisions
NCAT in 2026: The Highest-ROI Toolkit for Non-GEO Strategy and Performance Analysis
The Non-GEO Constellations Analysis Toolkit (NCAT) 6.0
NCAT’s Top 5 Use Cases
NCAT 5.4 release
NCAT Tools Unpacked - One Short Video at a Time
Predictive Intelligence in Action: NCAT, T-Mobile, and the Rise of D2D Connectivity
Business-case sensitivity analysis on AST SpaceMobile
Non-GEO Constellations Analysis Toolkit (NCAT) version 5.3
Gateway Station Data for Custom Simulations in the NCAT Platform
NCAT version 5.2 released
Starlink FSS: NCAT5 filter modifications
Non-GEO Constellations Analysis Toolkit 5.0 (NCAT5)
SatNews: NSR has released the Non–GEO Constellations Analysis Toolkit 4.0
Introducing NSR's Non-GEO Constellations Analysis Toolkit 4.0 (NCAT4)
NCAT Overview
Satcom constellations: Simulation steps
In-flight connectivity via LEO constellations: Simulation steps
Another bold prediction from NCAT analysis on SpaceX —made nearly a year ago— is now unfolding:
Amazon: Our Starlink Rival Has Enough Satellites to Kick Off Service
China’s Qianfan "Thousand Sails" poised to achieve continuous global connectivity before Amazon Leo.
MEO's Hidden Superpower for LEO Constellations
Why North America and Africa Top Starlink’s Waitlist Map
SpaceX Orbital Data Centers: The Prospect of One Million AI Satellites
Blue Origin’s TeraWave: A 6 Tbps Space Network for Enterprise Connectivity
Starlink’s bold move: from ISP to satellite MNO
Tasmania to be first in Australia to connect to Amazon’s Project Kuiper
D2D: MSS + Mobile Spectrum Convergence
Interesting facts about Starlink
OneWeb substituting Starlink over Ukraine
Bridging Europe's Digital Divide with LEO Satellite Broadband
SpaceX rockets toward 8,000 Starlink satellites
AST needs more satellites for continuous US coverage
Starlink DTC /D2D: Expected availability
Direct-to-device (D2D) satellite connectivity put to the test
Starlink DTC emergency service during Hurricane Milton
The satellite Direct-to-Device (D2D) race heats up
VLEO D2D: SpaceX expands its proposed system
SpaceX-RAYing In-Flight Wi-Fi via Starlink
Can LEO Broadband Truly Succeed in Developing Countries?
Starlink approaching 60% of all active satellites
Territories that can greatly benefit from Starlink capacity
Starlink T-Mobile D2D Test Constellation
Satellite-to-Smartphone: LEO Constellation Facets
Qianfan constellation: China's resumed launches bring global coverage closer
Key Takeaways from Amazon’s LEO Architecture
Space sustainability
The 10X Rule of Satellite Constellations
Visualizing all active satellites
LEO sovereignty ambitions
EPFD Measurement Campaign
Clash of Business Models
Cristal-balling the satcom future
Space sovereignty viability
Starlink vs Kuiper dominance
The writing on the wall
Dancing with a Colossus
SpaceX's All-Hands Meeting
Amazon Project Kuiper OISLs
ITU WRC-23
Mm Wave Satellite Mega-Constellations
Backhaul networks: satellite vs fibre
Gateway-Station Partnering
LEO Speed
Can Non-GEO HTS Beat Fiber Economics?