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 Astranis MicroGEO satellite will expand satellite broadband capacity in key Middle East markets for governments, enterprises, and communities.
The MB Group satellite will launch on Astranis’s Block 3 mission aboard a dedicated Falcon 9 targeting summer 2026.
Astranis’ Satellite-as-a-Service model enables smaller nations to deploy a dedicated 400 kilogram geostationary satellite for a fraction of the cost of traditional three-ton spacecraft.
Astranis is building a new satellite for Oman.
The Astranis MicroGEO satellite is set to launch on the Astranis Block 3 mission later this year.
The Oman-Astranis partnership aligns with Oman Vision 2040’s goal to establish the Sultanate as a regional hub for secure geospatial intelligence and communications.
Astranis signed a nine-figure contract with MB Group to provide Oman’s first dedicated communications satellite.
The satellite for MB Group will be one of Astranis’s roughly 400-kilogram MicroGEO spacecraft.
Oman is procuring a dedicated satellite from Astranis to obtain a private, secure communications network under its control.
Astranis will manufacture and operate a MicroGEO satellite for Oman under the terms of the agreement.
The dedicated Astranis MicroGEO satellite will provide sovereign control for Oman.
The contract for the Astranis MicroGEO satellite is a nine-figure contract and is part of a $200 million investment by MB Group in sovereign connectivity.
The Oman-Astranis contract is part of a broader early-2026 trend labeled the 'Sovereign-Commercial Nexus' in which governments use commercial satellite buses to achieve rapid national autonomy in space.
Astranis Block 3 was originally targeted for launch in 2025 but has been pushed to 2026.
Astranis is building Oman's first dedicated communications satellite for MB Group.
Astranis announced the satellite deal in Oman with leaders from MB Group and officials from the Oman Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology.
Astranis purchased a dedicated Falcon 9 for its Block 3 mission a year before the announcement.
The contracted Astranis satellite will provide dedicated bandwidth for Omani national interests outside the control of global telecommunications conglomerates.
MB Group, Oman’s largest oil and gas conglomerate, has ordered an Astranis MicroGEO satellite to provide dedicated communications in Oman.
On January 26, 2026, Oman’s MB Group and Astranis Space Technologies Corp. signed a nine-figure agreement for the procurement of a dedicated sovereign communications satellite.