Founded in 1999, Satwest is an aerospace and consulting firm providing a wide range of products and services to a world-wide customer base. Satwest was founded to commercialize the capabilities of commercial communication satellite fleets that enable an ever increasing number of machine-to-machine, voice, and IP communications, on a global basis. Satwest is organized into three divisions:  Mobile Satellite Services (MSS); Management Consulting; and Space Services.

Our Mobile Satellite Services division develops and markets advanced satellite business applications and service for corporations and government agencies worldwide. Global satellite-based communications systems include aviation tracking and communications devices, handheld satellite phones and PDAs, mobile offices and Wi-Fi hot spots, managed network services, and backup communications for continuity of operations. Satwest provides solutions enabled by the planet's most modern global satellite-based telecommunications systems including INMARSAT, Skyterra, Globalstar, and Iridium. Our goal is to provide the most advanced commercial products and services that are possible through these satellite systems. We are also a proud distributor for the SolStar® line of portable solar charging products for satellite communications devices.

A recognized leader in the aeronautical MSS industry, Satwest provides aviation customers with web-based tracking of aircraft; on-board voice and internet connections for the crew and passengers. As a systems integrator, Satwest provides aero kits and airtime packages suited to military, civil government, and corporate aircraft fleets around the globe.  Satwest is proud to offer the widest selection of aviation mobile satellite solutions in the industry.


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Satwest’s management consulting has provided independent research and analysis, systems integration, and project management services to government and corporate clients for over ten years.  Our industry specializations include government programs, satellite applications, aerospace/new space, and solar/clean energy.

Satwest’s space services division provides payload integration and launch support brokerage services for commercial, government, and academic investigators in the reusable suborbital research realm; commercial space market analysis and business planning; and satellite-based payload recovery and data transmission/tracking services for sub-orbital spacecraft, mother ships, and return vehicles. 

You can always rely on Satwest to be the leader in identifying and providing the most advanced satellite business solutions to you; our growing list of sophisticated customers. Our customers range from Fortune 250 corporations, government and DOD agencies, to federal laboratories and outdoor enthusiasts and explorers. I invite you to experience the Satwest difference: courteous and knowledgeable customer service and unsurpassed knowledge of commercial satellite applications, government programs, and the emerging commercial reusable suborbital research industry.


Very truly yours,

M. Brian Barnett
Founder and CEO, Satwest LLC