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 signed an agreement to provide broadband capacity with Astranis MicroGEO communications satellites to Grupo Andesat (Andesat).
Astranis is developing small geostationary satellites that weigh about 400 kg each and are scaled to provide dedicated bandwidth to smaller geographies at lower cost.
Pacific Dataport Inc (PDI) is Astranis’ first commercial customer and is preparing to launch its Arcturus satellite on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy in spring to provide internet services across Alaska.
Andesat already operates a teleport in Peru and will be responsible for ongoing ground operations once Astranis completes construction of the new gateway.
Andesat plans to use Astranis MicroGEO satellites to expand broadband internet access in remote areas of Peru and increase its coverage footprint while lowering operator costs per cell site.
The Andesat-Astranis contract includes an option for a second satellite that could launch as early as 2024 to provide additional bandwidth.
Astranis is building two satellites for U.S.-based in-flight connectivity specialist Anuvu, targeting service in early 2023, and Anuvu recently secured $50,000,000 for plans to deploy eight satellites in total.
Andesat has ordered Peru’s first dedicated telecoms satellite from Astranis and Astranis will build a teleport in Peru ahead of the spacecraft’s expected 2023 launch.
Andesat plans to use Astranis MicroGEO satellites to upgrade cellular services from 0.002 kg to 0.004 kg in Peru.
Anuvu plans an eight-satellite small geostationary-orbit constellation with the first two satellites ordered from Astranis.
Anuvu ordered its first two satellites from Astranis in July as part of the planned eight-satellite constellation.
Astranis operates the spacecraft it builds and provides customers with capacity through long-term lease agreements.
Astranis’ first commercial satellite Arcturus is slated to launch in early 2022 for U.S.-based telco Pacific Dataport Inc. (PDI).
Anuvu intends to continue leasing GEO capacity while developing its Astranis constellation as part of a multi-orbit strategy.
Falcon Heavy is projected to launch the Viasat-3 commercial broadband satellite with an Astranis communications satellite as a secondary payload in 2022.
Astranis previously selected SpaceX’s Falcon 9 to launch Arcturus as a secondary payload to geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) in early 2022.
Astranis is building and operating the Arcturus satellite for U.S.-based telco Pacific Dataport Inc (PDI).
Astranis spacecraft are capable of performing their own orbit raise from GTO up to GEO when needed, and that capability will be retained for future satellites.
Astranis selected SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy to launch its first commercial satellite in a direct-inject mission to geostationary orbit in spring 2022.
Each Astranis spacecraft operates from geostationary orbit and has a next-generation design mass of 400 kg.