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 has raised $750,000,000 from global investors.
Each Astranis MicroGEO satellite can provide bandwidth to ISPs, small and medium-sized countries, Fortune 1000 companies, and other commercial customers.
Astranis will serve as a prime contractor for an $8,000,000 concept development effort for the R-GPS program.
Astranis is designing an R-GPS network that leverages its existing geostationary satellite platform and integrates positioning, navigation, and timing algorithms developed by Xona Space.
Astranis has raised a total of $750,000,000 in capital to date.
Astranis raised a $200,000,000 Series D round of financing.
Astranis plans to launch 100 MicroGEO satellites by 2030 to connect millions to affordable internet.
Astranis plans to deploy 100 satellites by 2030.
Astranis is poised to launch four more MicroGEO satellites 2024.
There were three orders for commercial GEO communications satellites by this time last year, including two announced in 2023-03-01 for Astranis and one in 2023-04-01 based on the Maxar 1300 series platform.
Astranis made additional upgrades for five satellites planned to launch in 2025.
Astranis made significant upgrades for four satellites planned to launch in 2024.
Astranis Omega is a broadband communications system designed for geostationary orbit.
Astranis plans Astranis Omega to be about 70% built in-house.
Astranis plans the first Astranis Omega flight vehicle in 2025.
Astranis launched its first satellite in 2023.
Astranis expects those MicroGEO satellite sales to generate over $1,200,000,000 of revenue for the company.
Astranis plans to launch the first Astranis Omega satellites in 2026.
Astranis announced Omega at the Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Each of the nine Astranis satellites customers have ordered for launch over the next two years is designed to provide 10–12 gigabits per second of throughput.