6G LINO 6G satellite precursor - STERLING in-orbit laboratory Phases A/B/C/D/E1

The 6G LINO cube satellite mission is an important step for the 3GPP standardization of NTN as it will gain significant experience on the inclusion of space assets to the terrestrial mobile networks. It is divided into two phases, the development, launch and in orbit phase restricted to the project consortium and the Laboratory in Orbit phase with an open character. The open character of the mission during the Laboratory In Orbit phase ensures that the use cases are not limited to the capabilities of the consortium parties.

In order to align it with real 6G applications, 5G-Advanced is taken as baseline for 6G LINO. The approach of developing a solution in 6G LINO integrating the latest standards of 5G-Advanced, will provide a technical baseline for any 6G application in the future.

Four Use Cases, which are considered as important future 6G applications will be already implemented by the project consortium during the first project phase before the Laboratory in Orbit phase begins.