Nordian announces an agreement authorising it to resell Starlink satellite service. The result is a managed service offering that brings centimetre positioning, resilient connectivity, and fleet intelligence to industrial OEMs.
The new solution was presented to the market during Agrishow 2026, the largest agricultural technology fair in Latin America, held from April 27 to May 1, in Ribeirão Preto (SP).
Under the agreement, OEMs can now embed Nordian’s integrated positioning and connectivity platform directly on the production line, allowing them to bring integrated positioning and connectivity to challenging environments such as isolated fields, long-distance routes, and mining areas, where network signals are unstable or non-existent. In practice, machinery and vehicles leave the factory already connected, with the ability to transmit data in real-time, receive remote updates, and operate with continuous communication even in areas without cellular coverage.
The initiative addresses a structural challenge in asset-intensive and distributed operations sectors, such as agriculture, transportation, and mining: connectivity is still limited outside major urban centres, restricting the full use of digital and automation technologies. Without reliable connectivity, features already available in the machinery, such as telemetry, automation, and data analysis, end up underutilised in most operations.
Until now, satellite connectivity in machinery required high integration costs, hardware that was not built for industrial environments, and no authorized path to production. Nordian’s platform delivers production-ready satellite connectivity alongside centimetre positioning and fleet intelligence, available to OEMs as a single embeddable offering.
As an authorised reseller of Starlink, Nordian integrates Starlink Kits into UltraLink, a ruggedized embedded gateway purpose-built for Physical AI, which involves Nordian’s artificial intelligence systems that operate and interact with the physical world, such as autonomous machines, robots, and industrial automation. UltraLink unifies centimetre positioning, Starlink connectivity, and fleet intelligence in a single device, with a management layer that activates and monitors hundreds of devices via dashboard and APIs integrated into OEM systems.
“Physical AI runs on three things: precise positioning, connectivity, and fleet intelligence. Nordian delivers all three as one solution, so OEMs can bring new technology to market dramatically faster.” states Carlos Agusti, Director of Sales Americas for Nordian in Brazil. “Just as the internet transformed urban dynamics in recent decades, continuous connectivity in operational environments has the potential to redefine how machines, data, and operations integrate”
Another differential lies in the data consumption model. The company adopts a shared pool system among devices, with billing based on the volume effectively used. This model replaces fixed-allowance plans, which are less efficient for low-consumption applications, and allows for cost optimisation in operations with large, connected fleets.
The applications are distributed across three main markets. In agriculture, tractors and harvesters operate with continuous connectivity even in remote areas, enabling real-time telemetry, remote updates, and operational monitoring. In transportation, vehicles on long routes maintain a stable connection to passengers throughout the entire journey. In mining, equipment in isolated areas maintains constant communication with control centres, increasing the efficiency and safety of operations.
The agreement also addresses growing demand for officially backed solutions. As an authorised reseller of Starlink, Nordian gives manufacturers Starlink hardware and service, and a managed service platform with specialised technical support, acting as the technology infrastructure behind advanced automation in demanding operational environments. Nordian is already deployed with dozens of equipment manufacturers across agriculture, mining, and transportation, including some of the world’s largest agriculture OEMs and 80 percent of the top 20 South American agriculture companies, backed by more than 150 Nordian CORS positioning stations across Brazil and Argentina.
