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 built about half of its first satellite in house and built the most recent satellites at a level closer to 60% in house.
SpaceX is scheduled to launch a batch of four Astranis satellites on a single Falcon 9 rocket 2024 as Block 2, and those satellites were upgraded to fix the solar array component glitch.
An undisclosed rocket has been lined up to deploy five more Astranis satellites as part of Block 3.
Astranis Omega is a next-generation broadband communications system that delivers better pound-for-pound performance than any other geostationary satellite in orbit today.
Astranis launched its first satellite in 2023.
Astranis Omega will be about 70% built in-house.
Nearly 60% of Astranis’ most recently produced satellites were manufactured in-house.
Astranis announced on 2024-04-10 plans to deploy 50% larger broadband satellites beginning in 2026 to offer five times more throughput while remaining far smaller than typical geostationary spacecraft to save costs.
Arcturus, the first and only Astranis satellite deployed to date, suffered solar power issues after launching last year.
Astranis is ordering larger deployable reflectors for Omega from Tendeg, a company based in Louisville, Colorado.
Astranis spacecraft are scaled to provide targeted broadband services over smaller areas such as individual countries, similar to Switzerland’s Swissto12 small geostationary satellites.
Astranis' MicroGEO communications satellites are intended to connect millions of people to affordable, reliable broadband internet and will generate over $1,200,000,000 of revenue for the company.
Astranis is developing two Omega variants: a dual-use satellite using commercial and military Ka-band frequencies and a military-only version using X-band.
Astranis has announced an additional nine programs launching over the next 18 months.
Astranis will launch the first Astranis Omega satellites in 2026.
Astranis made significant upgrades for the four satellites scheduled to launch in 2024 and additional upgrades for the five satellites scheduled to launch in 2025.
Astranis positions Omega as a communications satellite intended to offer more than 50 Gbps in a smallsat form factor and as the most powerful communications satellite per pound for GEO according to the company.
Astranis launched its first satellite in 2023.
Astranis will complete the first Omega flight vehicle in mid-2025.
Thaicom ordered a new small geostationary satellite from Astranis for launch in 2025.