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UtilitySat

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CommunicationsHEOCOSPAR 2024-252ALaunched 12/29/2024
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Mission & Launch
Launch Mission
Astranis
Launch Vehicle
Falcon 9 FT5
Launch Date
12/29/2024
Last Contact
9/11/2025
Orbit & Mass
Orbit Class
HEO
Altitude
32,481 km
Inclination
12.31 deg
Dry Mass
400 kg
Total Mass
400 kg
Payload Classification
Mission Type
Communications
Payload Category
COM
Payload Class
B
Organizations
Operator
Spacing Guild UK Ltd
Manufacturer
Astranis
Constellation
Name
Astranis GEO fleet
Active Satellites
4
Registry
COSPAR ID
2024-252A
UN Registration
ST/SG/SER.E/1281
Track
Mentions
9
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UtilitySat will first provide communications over Mexico for Apco Networks, a Mexican telco that has ordered two of the five Block 3 Astranis satellites that Astranis aims to launch together next year on an undisclosed rocket.

RelationshipsPlanCapabilityValue 4.3Dec 29, 2024Four-satellite Astranis launch signals shift toward scaled GEO deployments

Block 2 includes a multi-mission satellite called UtilitySat that will provide interim services for Alaskan telecommunications company Pacific Dataport.

RelationshipsPlanCapabilityValue 4.0Apr 10, 2024Small Astranis GEO broadband satellites are getting bigger

UtilitySat would provide interim services for Alaskan telco Pacific Dataport, which ordered Arcturus for services over Alaska.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Mar 18, 2024Orbith orders small Astranis GEO broadband satellite for Argentina

Block 2 includes the renamed Agila satellite for Orbits Corp, UtilitySat, and two spacecraft for U.S.-based mobile satellite connectivity specialist Anuvu.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Nov 17, 2023Delay for Peru’s first telecoms satellite creates opportunity for the Philippines

UtilitySat is slated to launch with SpaceX before the end of 2023 and will partially serve as an initial replacement for Alaskan telco Pacific Dataport following the failure of its debut spacecraft.

PlanRelationshipsGeneralValue 4.0Sep 11, 2023Thaicom picks Airbus to build Eutelsat-backed GEO satellite for Asia

Astranis revealed UtilitySat, a multi-mission geostationary (GEO) satellite that will provide on-demand connectivity for disaster relief, bridge capacity, and surge applications.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Aug 21, 2023Astranis unveils the UtilitySat GEO satellite

UtilitySat is a multi-mission commercial geostationary (GEO) satellite designed to conduct multiple fully operational broadband connectivity missions.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Aug 9, 2023Announcing UtilitySat, the world’s first multi-mission geostationary satellite

U.S.-based mobile satellite connectivity specialist Anuvu ordered two satellites that will join UtilitySat as part of Block 2.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.0Jul 21, 2023First Astranis satellite sidelined by post-deployment glitch

UtilitySat is a previously undisclosed Block 2 satellite that can serve as a partial replacement for Arcturus until a dedicated Pacific Dataport satellite can be launched in 2025.

PlanCapabilityGeneralValue 3.8Jul 21, 2023First Astranis satellite sidelined by post-deployment glitch