Astranis

Astranis is building two satellites for U.S.-based in-flight connectivity specialist Anuvu, targeting service in early 2023, and Anuvu recently secured $50,000,000 for plans to deploy eight satellites in total.

Andesat has ordered Peru’s first dedicated telecoms satellite from Astranis and Astranis will build a teleport in Peru ahead of the spacecraft’s expected 2023 launch.

The Andesat-Astranis contract includes an option for a second satellite that could launch as early as 2024 to provide additional bandwidth.

Fully software-defined satellite platforms from Airbus, Thales Alenia Space, Astranis, and other manufacturers accounted for more than half of high throughput satellite orders for geostationary orbit over 2019–2021.

Astranis has raised over $350,000,000 from investors that include Andreessen Horowitz, Venrock, and BlackRock.

Each Astranis spacecraft is designed to operate from geostationary orbit and has a next-generation design mass of approximately 400 kg with a proprietary software-defined radio payload.

Astranis signed a contract with SpaceX on 2022-04-07 to book a dedicated Falcon 9 rocket for launching its latest generation of satellites.

The U.S. Space Force awarded Astranis a nearly $1,000,000 Small Business Innovation Research Phase 2 contract in 2020 for its software-defined radio technology.

Astranis signed a contract with SpaceX on 2022-04-05 to launch four small GEO satellites in 2023.

The first two Astranis satellites for Anuvu are due to launch next year to geostationary orbit on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

Astranis purchased a dedicated SpaceX Falcon 9 launch to deploy four additional small geostationary satellites over the coming year.

Astranis is a San Francisco-based startup that manufactures small geostationary satellites intended to provide dedicated coverage over specific regions.

Astranis is a Californian startup that won two contracts in early 2023 for smaller, regionally focused geostationary spacecraft.

The 400-kilogram Astranis-built Arcturus satellite reached geostationary orbit over Alaska.

Astranis launched its first satellite, Arcturus, to geostationary orbit (GEO) on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.

Astranis mounted a novel battery and thermal system to the spare ESPA slot on the Falcon Heavy second stage to support a stable and thermally-regulated coast to geostationary orbit.

Astranis launched its debut small GEO satellite Arcturus on 2023-04-30.

Astranis sold a small broadband satellite launching to geostationary orbit in 2024 to a telecommunications company in the Philippines on 2024-07-11.

Astranis launched its debut satellite Arcturus on 2024-04-30 as a secondary payload on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy carrying the 6,400-kilogram ViaSat-3 broadband satellite.

Astranis plans to deploy a full replacement for Pacific Dataport in early 2025 under a commercial arrangement.