Astranis Space Technologies is a satellite manufacturer and operator that builds small, low-cost telecommunications satellites for providing dedicated internet bandwidth, especially to underserved regions. Headquartered in San Francisco, the company utilizes its MicroGEO satellites with proprietary software-defined radio payloads to offer bandwidth-as-a-service. Astranis has contracts with the U.S. Space Force, NASA, and commercial partners like Pacific Dataport and Anuvu, focusing on connectivity solutions and government science missions. The company aims to produce up to 24 satellites a year.
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Astranis has worked with commercial and government customers to demonstrate the successful operation of the Astranis-designed payload on Arcturus.
Astranis engaged the U.S. Department of Defense and invested private company funds to develop software-defined radio technology for on-orbit communications.
Astranis will launch four more satellites at the end of 2023 via a dedicated Falcon 9 rocket.
Astranis revealed UtilitySat, a multi-mission geostationary (GEO) satellite that will provide on-demand connectivity for disaster relief, bridge capacity, and surge applications.
Astranis will launch four small communications satellites on a dedicated Falcon 9 rocket at the end of 2023.
Arcturus, the Astranis-built satellite of around 400 kg that rode on the same Falcon Heavy flight as ViaSat-3 Americas, suffered a post-launch issue that prevents it from providing broadband over Alaska as planned.
Astranis plans to deploy a full replacement for Pacific Dataport in early 2025 under a commercial arrangement.
Replacing a traditional large geostationary satellite following an in-orbit anomaly historically costs hundreds of millions of dollars and takes many years, whereas Astranis satellites can be built faster and in higher quantities to mitigate shortfalls.
Astranis plans to launch another five satellites as part of Block 3 next year on an undisclosed dedicated rocket.
Astranis expects the planned Philippines satellite can connect approximately 5,000 sites.
Astranis plans to work with the Philippine Department of Information and Communications Technology on the dedicated satellite program.
Astranis sold a small broadband satellite launching to geostationary orbit in 2024 to a telecommunications company in the Philippines on 2024-07-11.
Later in 2024 Astranis is slated to deploy four satellites on a dedicated SpaceX Falcon 9 mission as part of Block 2.
The Philippines satellite is one of five Astranis satellites slated to launch together in 2024 on a dedicated rocket that Astranis has not disclosed.
Astranis launched its debut satellite Arcturus on 2024-04-30 as a secondary payload on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy carrying the 6,400-kilogram ViaSat-3 broadband satellite.
Astranis plans to work with the Philippine Department of Trade and Industry on the dedicated satellite program.
Astranis had signed contracts for 10 satellites before launching its inaugural spacecraft.
Astranis launched its debut small GEO satellite Arcturus on 2023-04-30.
An Astranis satellite has a lifetime around half that of a conventional GEO satellite, which is usually designed to operate for 15 years.
The 400-kilogram Astranis-built Arcturus satellite reached geostationary orbit over Alaska.