Africa’s dual equatorial commercial launch infrastructure. Two sites, two oceans, two autonomous recovery drone ships. Unlimited broadband, Boomchain nodes embedded in orbit. First launch 2032.
For decades, businesses and institutions wanting to place assets in orbit had one option: queue at someone else’s launch site, pay someone else’s prices, accept someone else’s schedule.
NiO ends that permanently. Pure commercial orbital access — open pricing, open scheduling, open to every business, enterprise and research institution on Earth.
Every commercial operator, enterprise and research institution served from one equatorial facility
Earth’s most efficient launch point — maximum rotational velocity applied to every mission
Target year for commercial orbital operations from Site 01, Equatorial Guinea — open to global operators
Target date for the first commercial orbital launch from NiO — open to operators worldwide
Every commercial satellite operator, enterprise, research institution and space-tech business can now access orbit from an equatorial site — with the physics advantage of 0° latitude applied to every kilogram of every payload.
NiO is a pure commercial facility. Open scheduling, open pricing, no bureaucratic queues. Designed for the cadence the new space economy demands: rapid turnaround, multiple launches per month, and stage 1 booster recovery from day one.
CubeSats, smallsats, constellation builds, rideshare missions — every commercial payload class served at equatorial efficiency.
NiO launches and maintains a constellation of nano-satellites with Boomchain settlement nodes physically embedded in every orbital layer — LEO, MEO and polar — creating a financial layer that operates independently of any terrestrial network on Earth.
The orbital Boomchain layer processes and settles transactions continuously from space. When undersea cables are severed, terrestrial infrastructure fails, or connectivity is disrupted anywhere — settlement never stops. There is no off-switch 400 km above the planet.
Boom’s financial infrastructure for 60+ countries becomes the first blockchain system with a permanent space-based layer — making it as resilient as the satellite constellation itself.
NiO’s LEO constellation delivers high-speed broadband internet across Africa and beyond — with unlimited data plans for individuals, households and businesses. No throttling, no caps, no data-limit tiers.
Every connected user and device gains access to Angel’s AI inference in 847 African languages and Archangel’s cyberdefence — running directly over NiO’s orbital network, at speeds and latency that compete with terrestrial fibre.
Commercial broadband from orbit. Unlimited data. Open to individuals, SMEs, enterprises and institutions — wherever they are on the continent.
Launching from the equator is not a preference — it is a physics advantage. Earth’s rotational velocity at 0° latitude is 1,670 km/h, compared to roughly 1,450 km/h at 30°N. That difference is free velocity applied directly to every kilogram placed into orbit, reducing fuel consumption and increasing payload capacity on every single mission.
Equatorial Guinea sits on the Gulf of Guinea coastline — direct eastward ocean downrange, no restricted airspace to negotiate, and clean trajectories into every orbital inclination useful for communications, internet, and Earth observation.
No other location in Africa combines this latitude, this coastline access, and this level of commercial openness under a single launch authority.
Free delta-v applied to every launch — reducing fuel and increasing payload capacity vs higher-latitude sites
Direct eastward corridor over open ocean — no restricted airspace to navigate on the critical ascent trajectory
Every useful orbital inclination reachable from a single equatorial site — no need for multiple pads
Open scheduling, open pricing, open to any commercial operator globally — no geopolitical restrictions on site access
Every kilogram launched from 0°N carries 8–10% more payload to LEO than the same vehicle flown from mid-latitude competitors — free delta-v from Earth's rotational velocity
NiO operates two equatorial launch facilities on opposite coastlines of the African continent — one facing the Atlantic, one the Indian Ocean — each with its own autonomous drone ship recovery fleet. Two sites means doubled launch cadence, full redundancy, and coverage of every orbital plane from a single operating entity.
Fully autonomous drone ship with no crew requirement for recovery operations. Positions dynamically based on launch trajectory. Capable of Stage 1 booster catch and deck securing without human intervention.
Mirrors the Atlantic vessel in capability and autonomy. Serves Site 02 recovery operations independently, enabling parallel launch-recover cycles across both NiO sites simultaneously.
Short-range missions to LEO use Return-To-Launch-Site landing on dedicated pads at each facility, eliminating the drone ship transit time and enabling the fastest possible booster turnaround.
Each layer is independently powerful. Together they form Africa’s finance, AI and orbital operating system.
Commercial orbital launch · Boomchain nodes embedded in orbit · Unlimited broadband internet. The infrastructure above the infrastructure.
This pageUniversal AI cyberdefence — scanning, detecting and securing zero-day vulnerabilities across every production device on Earth, including those connected via NiO.
photonai.ai →Africa’s foundation model (70B parameters, 847 languages) across four Phase 1 data centres — extended by NiO’s orbital inference nodes above.
photonai.ai →Blockchain-based commerce, payment and settlement for cash in 60+ countries — settlement layer extended into orbit through NiO’s Boomchain constellation.
boom.market →Commercial infrastructure.
Finance, AI and orbital.
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Global request for construction & equipment partners
First test launches and booster recovery infrastructure commissioned
Commercial orbital operations commence
Operational booster recovery and reflights — entering the sub-$1,500/kg cost band