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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The unnamed Astranis satellite will provide Ka-band connectivity covering the entire state of Alaska, including the Aleutian Islands.
Pacific Dataport intends to use the Astranis satellite as the first element of a planned Aurora system that would eventually provide 40 to 50 gigabits per second of capacity to Alaska.
Astranis will build the satellite in preparation for a launch in the second half of 2020.
Astranis Space Technologies will work with NanoRacks to fund a future launch of a university-built 1U cubesat.
Astranis plans to develop small geostationary-orbit communications satellites.
Astranis raised $18,000,000 earlier 2018 and is using the funding to build up the company.
On 2018-06-14, Astranis planned to equip its MicroGEO spacecraft with Bradford’s high-performance green ECAPS thrusters.
Astranis is a startup developing geostationary satellites to offer broadband internet access.
Astranis plans to launch dozens of 300-kilogram satellites to provide capacity of up to 10 gigabits per second to underserved communities.
Under the agreement, Astranis will purchase eight ECAPS thrusters for each MicroGEO satellite.
In March, Astranis raised $18,000,000 in Series A funding.