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 welcomed retired four-star Gen. John E. Hyten as chairman of a new strategic advisory board effective immediately.
John E. Hyten will advise Astranis’ leadership team on strategic, business, and technological matters.
MB Group in Oman placed a sovereign satellite order with Astranis in 2025.
Astranis manufactures satellites at a factory at Historic Pier 70 in San Francisco.
Astranis was named to the Protected Tactical Satcom-Global Space Force program for anti-jam military satcom capabilities from smaller form factor satellites.
Astranis demonstrated its MicroGEO satellite platform in orbit in August 2025 when two satellites for in-flight connectivity provider Anuvu entered service.
Chunghwa Telecom ordered the first communications satellite exclusively dedicated to Taiwan from Astranis in 2025.
John Gedmark is co-founder and CEO of Astranis.
Astranis and Oman-based conglomerate MB Group have a strategic agreement for Oman’s first dedicated MicroGEO satellite.
Astranis’ dedicated network for Oman will provide the Sultanate with sovereign control over its digital infrastructure.
The collaboration between Astranis and MB Group is intended to expand satellite broadband capacity across key markets in the Middle East.
The dedicated MicroGEO satellite for Oman is contracted as part of Astranis’ Block 3 launch later this year.
John Gedmark is Chief Executive Officer of Astranis.
MB Group is adopting Astranis’s next-generation high-orbit solutions as part of its portfolio of global partnerships.
The MicroGEO satellite contracted by MB Petroleum and Astranis is expected to be launched later this year and will help in the operation of oil rigs.
Astranis is a San Francisco-based satellite developer.
MB Petroleum, an Omani private company, signed an agreement with Astranis to launch a MicroGEO satellite in a deal worth $200 million.
By owning capacity and controlling encryption on a dedicated Astranis satellite, Oman will ensure continuity of vital services and national security communications without being subject to the data-sharing policies or kill switches of foreign-owned megaconstellations.
Astranis signed a nine-figure contract with MB Group on January 26, 2026 to build Oman's first dedicated communications satellite.
Other customers on the Astranis Block 3 launch are Thaicom of Thailand and APCO of Mexico.