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’ next production block of satellites includes an upgraded payload that delivers higher throughput and bus improvements intended to extend satellite lifetime.
Astranis is building geostationary communications satellites weighing around 400 kg, making them among the smallest commercial geostationary communications spacecraft offered.
Astranis has started building four geostationary communications smallsats as the company prepares to produce dozens and later hundreds of satellites simultaneously.
Astranis develops proprietary core technology such as a software-defined radio (SDR) and procures mission-critical components from aerospace partners including Aitech.
Astranis’ small geostationary satellites use software-defined radios that can be reprogrammed over their seven-to-10-year operational lives.
The first two Astranis satellites for Anuvu are targeting launch in early 2023 to provide connectivity over North America and the Caribbean.
Anuvu plans to continue augmenting Astranis-provided capacity by leasing capacity from larger, higher-throughput geostationary satellites and from low Earth orbit spacecraft as they become available.
Anuvu ordered the first two of an eight-satellite geostationary orbit constellation from Astranis.
Astranis builds one-meter-cubed geostationary satellites that weigh under 400 kg and can be built in months.
San Francisco-based Astranis operates the satellites it builds and provides capacity through long-term leases that include the ability to reprogram the spacecraft.
Astranis committed over $30,000,000 to start procuring long-lead hardware, confirm delivery dates, and accelerate manufacturing timelines for the four new satellites.
Three of the four new Astranis geostationary satellites are reserved by customers under signed deals that have not yet been announced.
The next production block of Astranis satellites includes an upgraded payload that provides higher throughput and bus improvements that extend satellite lifetime.
Astranis has started building four very small geostationary orbit satellites.
Astranis raised $250,000,000 in April on top of more than $100,000,000 it had already secured to expand production.
Arcturus is Astranis' first commercial satellite that U.S.-based telco Pacific Dataport Inc. (PDI) plans to lease to provide internet services across Alaska.
Astranis is building satellites at around 400 kg, making them among the smallest geostationary communications spacecraft offered commercially.
Astranis' upgraded baseline Ka-band throughput increases from 10 gigabits per second to 12 gigabits per second.
The batch of four satellites contains upgrades that offer 15% more satellite lifetime and 20% greater throughput than Astranis' first generation.
Astranis' upgraded satellites increase design lifetime from 7 years to 8 years.