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 launched its first satellite, Arcturus, to geostationary orbit (GEO) on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.
Astranis mounted a novel battery and thermal system to the spare ESPA slot on the Falcon Heavy second stage to support a stable and thermally-regulated coast to geostationary orbit.
Astranis is launching four more MicroGEO satellites later 2023 for customers around the world.
Astranis achieved telemetry and tracking data acquisition from Arcturus 94 seconds after separation from the Falcon Heavy upper stage.
Three contracts for commercial geostationary communications satellites had been announced as of late April, including two contracts for Astranis and one contract for Maxar.
Astranis is a Californian startup that won two contracts in early 2023 for smaller, regionally focused geostationary spacecraft.
Astranis plans to launch a batch of four more satellites on a dedicated Falcon 9 mission in 2023-06-30.
Mexican telco Apco Networks ordered two satellites from Astranis for a third batch that Astranis aims to launch on an undisclosed rocket in 2024.
Astranis recently raised more than $200,000,000 in an equity and debt financing round led by the Andreessen Horowitz growth fund.
The ViaSat-3 Americas Falcon Heavy mission included two rideshare payloads: a communications cubesat from Washington-based Gravity Space and the first broadband satellite built by Astranis of California.
The Falcon Heavy launch carrying ViaSat-3 Americas and Astranis Arcturus from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center was delayed from 2023-04-18 to 2023-04-26 after a static-fire test of the rocket’s three boosters.
ST Engineering iDirect’s Mx-DMA® MRC waveform technology will enable Aitelecom/APCO Networks to support services on Aitelecom’s new MicroGEO satellites built by Astranis Space Technologies.
Astranis Space Technologies will build MicroGEO satellites for Aitelecom that are slated for launch in 2024-07-01.
The two Apco Networks satellites are part of Astranis’ third batch of satellites that Astranis plans to launch together on an undisclosed dedicated rocket.
Apco Networks ordered two small satellites from Astranis for a launch toward geostationary orbit next year.
Astranis’ Arcturus satellite shipped from Astranis’ San Francisco headquarters to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
The Department of Defense is interested in satcom services provided by small GEO satellites such as those offered by Astranis.
Astranis expects a successful PTW on-orbit demonstration could lead Space Systems Command to order a sizable number of GEO satellites dedicated to the Space Force.
Astranis purchased a dedicated SpaceX Falcon 9 launch to deploy four additional small geostationary satellites over the coming year.
Astranis is a San Francisco-based startup that manufactures small geostationary satellites intended to provide dedicated coverage over specific regions.