Isotropic Systems

Isotropic Systems (rebranded as ALL.SPACE in 2022) is a Reading, UK-based satellite antenna technology company founded in 2013 developing electronically steerable flat-panel antennas capable of simultaneously forming and tracking multiple independent beams to different satellites — enabling a single compact terminal to connect to GEO, MEO, and LEO satellites concurrently and seamlessly switch between constellations without mechanical pointing or service interruption.

The company's core innovation is a proprietary optical beamforming technology using a liquid crystal layer as the beam steering element — structurally different from conventional phased array approaches that use large numbers of individually controlled phase-shift elements with associated power consumption and heat dissipation challenges. The optical beamforming architecture allows multiple independent beams to be formed simultaneously in a flat, low-profile aperture without the power density of standard phased array designs, enabling a terminal form factor compatible with vehicle-mounted, maritime, and enterprise fixed-site applications.

The commercial significance of multi-beam, multi-orbit capability is that satellite communications customers increasingly need resilient, high-throughput connectivity drawing on multiple constellations — using GEO capacity for broadcast and broadcast-to-many applications, MEO capacity (O3b mPOWER) for latency-sensitive enterprise applications, and LEO capacity (Starlink, OneWeb) for high-bandwidth mobile applications — while a single antenna platform manages seamless handoff and load balancing between orbits. This is the "multi-orbit" value proposition now widely discussed across the SATCOM industry as constellation diversity becomes the norm.

Isotropic Systems has secured strategic investment from SES (the Luxembourg-based GEO/MEO satellite operator, which operates the O3b mPOWER MEO constellation) and Boeing HorizonX Ventures — reflecting industrial interest in antenna technology that can aggregate demand across multiple satellite networks. The ALL.SPACE brand was adopted to reflect the company's evolution beyond technology development toward product commercialization.

Competitors in electronically steerable multi-orbit antennas include Kymeta (liquid crystal metasurface approach, acquired by Viasat), Phasor (phased array approach), ThinKom Solutions, and traditional SATCOM antenna manufacturers adapting to electronically steerable platforms.