Astrocast SA is a Swiss company operating a nanosatellite IoT network, providing end-to-end, direct-to-orbit services. They offer communication modules and enterprise-class services, enabling companies to monitor and communicate with remote assets globally. Astrocast's partners include Airbus, the European Space Agency (ESA), and Thuraya, and they focus on industries like maritime, agriculture, and environmental monitoring. Their services include satellite IoT, L-band spectrum, and CubeSat technology.
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Astrocast deployed a batch of four satellites on 2022-11-26, as a secondary payload aboard India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle.
Astrocast provided a 3U spacecraft and four satellites from Spaceflight Inc., USA were separated subsequently on the PSLV-C54 mission.
The L-band chip was completed earlier 2022 in an expedited project between CEA-Leti and Astrocast.
Spaceflight previously launched all 12 of Astrocast’s spacecraft into orbit, including demonstration models from the SSO-A mission in 2018 and PSLV-C45 in 2019.
Spaceflight and Astrocast partnered to launch five additional nanosatellites on SpaceX Transporter-1 in January 2021.
Spaceflight and Astrocast partnered to launch an additional five smallsats on SpaceX Transporter-1 in January 2021.
Astrocast operates a global nanosatellite IoT network offering services to industries including Agriculture & Livestock, Maritime, and Environment & Utilities.
Spaceflight previously launched all 12 of Astrocast’s spacecraft into orbit, including demonstration models launched on the SSO-A mission in 2018 and PSLV-C45 in 2019.
Astrocast was founded in 2014 and develops and tests its satellites and modules in-house.
Astrocast partnered with Airbus, CEA/LETI, and ESA to develop the Astronode S module.
Astrocast extended its multi-launch agreement with Spaceflight in March 2022 to accommodate its expanding IoT constellation.
The PSLV mission carrying four Astrocast 3U spacecraft is scheduled for October 2022 to launch from Sriharikota’s Satish Dhawan Space Center to sun-synchronous orbit as a co-passenger with an Indian national primary satellite.
After this PSLV mission is complete, Spaceflight will have launched 16 spacecraft to the Astrocast constellation.
The first batch of four 3U Astrocast satellites will be deployed to a 500–600-kilometer Sun Synchronous Orbit (SSO).
D-Orbit has a deal to launch 20 nanosatellites over three years for Swiss startup Astrocast using ION.
In May 2022 Astrocast plans to issue new shares to buy Dutch connectivity solutions provider Hiber, which agreed to invest around $11,000,000 in Astrocast’s secondary stock market as part of the acquisition.
Astrocast had been preparing to complete its Paris offering in the summer of 2022 but global market conditions prevented completion at that time.
Astrocast plans to grow its constellation to 40 satellites in 2023 and to operate 100 satellites by 2025.
The first mission under the D-Orbit–Astrocast agreement is slated for no sooner than November 2022 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 and will launch D-Orbit’s ION Satellite Carrier with four Astrocast satellites onboard.
The four 3U Astrocast satellites on the first mission will be dropped off at a 500-600-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit to improve coverage for Astrocast’s internet-of-things constellation.