Filipe Laffan

Satellite & telecom

Selected work / 2022—2026

Making complex
connections clear.

From orbit to the everyday.
3D design, animation and visual storytelling for satellite communications.

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Selected projects for SESGovSatAvanti

01 / Featured film

SES · 2026
A rocket, ground station and communications vehicles visualised for SES LEO Relay Services Watch film

SES — LEO Relay Services

Motion design · 3D · Visual storytelling
With Crossfire / 2026

Making time-critical connectivity visible.

Satellite relay infrastructure is hard to see and harder to explain. This film brings spacecraft, ground systems and their connections into one visual story, giving a technical subject a clear sense of place and purpose.

02 / Short-form explainers

SatCom, explained · 2026
A hand holding a phone among floating rocky islands in the Phone to Satellite explainer Watch clip

SatCom, explained / 001

Phone to Satellite

From a familiar phone to an unfamiliar world above it. A short visual story bringing satellite connectivity down to human scale.

3D design · Animation
Captioned short · 00:34 · 4:5

03 / Systems in motion

Four more perspectives on connectivity
A luminous terrain and data grid from the GovSat flagship film Watch film

GovSat

2022

A flagship film for secure satellite communications, combining 2D, 3D and live-action imagery.

Creative direction · Animation
With Crossfire Agency

An orbiting satellite and illuminated coverage over Earth in the SES MGS film Watch film

SES — MEO Global Services

2025

Satellite systems and government communications brought into focus through 3D animation.

Creative direction · Animation

A glowing terrestrial network layer in the SES ICT Ecosystem film Watch film

SES — ICT Ecosystem

2024

A connected visual system for satellite, terrestrial, cloud and security infrastructure.

Creative direction · Animation

Ground terminals and an illuminated communication beam in the SES O3b mPOWER film Watch film

SES — O3b mPOWER

2023

Orbital technology translated into a visual story through 3D design, animation and compositing.

Creative direction · Animation · Compositing

04 / A story in a single frame

Avanti · 2024
Avanti 3D scene linking aviation, maritime and remote ground communications across a mountainous landscape
Connected across air, land and sea. View image ↗

Avanti — Global connectivity

A series of 3D stills making an invisible network tangible. Lighting, composition and colour connect aviation, maritime and remote field communications within a shared visual world.

Creative direction · Design
3D still imagery / 2024

An Avanti satellite projecting coloured coverage beams across aircraft, ships and ground terminals
One network, multiple connections. View image ↗

Have a complex story to tell?

Let’s make it
understood.

I help teams turn technical subjects into clear visual stories, from early direction and 3D design through animation and delivery.

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