COMMStellation™ is a communications constellation that is being developed to provide satellite backhaul and connect rural and remote areas of the world where fibre infrastructure is cost prohibitive. COMMStellation™ is scheduled for launch in 2015. COMMStellation™ will orbit the earth at a height of 1,000 kilometres circling the earth in a polar orientation. The COMMStellation™ will be comprised of 78 microsatellites in 6 orbital planes with an additional 6 redundant microsatellites (1 per orbital plane).