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Launch Date
12/29/2024
Launch Site
CC LC40
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Launch Vehicle
Falcon 9 FT5 (Falcon 9 Family)
Astranis will launch four small communications satellites on a dedicated Falcon 9 rocket at the end of 2023.
Astranis will launch four more satellites at the end of 2023 via a dedicated Falcon 9 rocket.
The Andesat contract included a teleport for Astranis to build in Peru and an option for a second satellite that could launch as early as 2024.
Astranis is building a replacement for Pacific Dataport that is slated to launch on an undisclosed dedicated rocket in 2025 as part of a batch of five satellites called Block 3.
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.
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 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.
Astranis plans to launch the first Astranis Omega satellites in 2026.
Astranis plans Astranis Omega to be about 70% built in-house.
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 plans to deploy 100 satellites by 2030.
Astranis plans to launch 100 MicroGEO satellites by 2030 to connect millions to affordable internet.
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 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 built a $1,000,000,000 backlog for more than 10 MicroGEO satellites scheduled to launch over the next two years.
Astranis has raised $750,000,000 from global investors.
Astranis’ first product, MicroGEO, operates in geostationary orbit and provides dedicated satellite connectivity.
The 400-kilogram spacecraft are part of four Block 2 small GEO satellites built by Astranis that have been delayed since Astranis’s debut spacecraft suffered solar power issues following its 2023 launch.