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Oman signed the Artemis Accords governing lunar, Martian, and deep-space exploration principles on January 26, 2026.
Astranis signed a nine-figure contract with MB Group to provide Oman’s first dedicated communications satellite.
The Astranis MicroGEO satellite will support Oman’s digital infrastructure as part of the Oman Vision 2040 development plan.
Oman is procuring a dedicated satellite from Astranis to obtain a private, secure communications network under its control.
Astranis will manufacture and operate a MicroGEO satellite for Oman under the terms of the agreement.
The deal to build Oman’s dedicated communications satellite is part of an overall $200 million MB Group investment in sovereign connectivity.
Space Communication Technologies placed an Airbus OneSat order in November 2025 for OmanSat-1, making it the second recent commercial satellite order from Oman.
Astranis announced the satellite deal in Oman with leaders from MB Group and officials from the Oman Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology.
MB Group is the largest oil and gas conglomerate in Oman.
MB Group is the largest oil and gas conglomerate in Oman.
Oman’s investment in a dedicated satellite is driven by a mandate for digital sovereignty and concerns about geopolitical instability and vulnerability of undersea fiber-optic cables.
Astranis is building Oman's first dedicated communications satellite for MB Group.
By owning capacity and controlling encryption on a dedicated Astranis satellite, Oman will ensure continuity of vital services and national security communications without being subject to the data-sharing policies or kill switches of foreign-owned megaconstellations.
The dedicated Astranis MicroGEO satellite will provide sovereign control for Oman.
Astranis is building a new satellite for Oman.
The Oman-Astranis partnership aligns with Oman Vision 2040’s goal to establish the Sultanate as a regional hub for secure geospatial intelligence and communications.
On January 26, 2026, Oman’s MB Group and Astranis Space Technologies Corp. signed a nine-figure agreement for the procurement of a dedicated sovereign communications satellite.
Astranis signed a nine-figure contract with MB Group on January 26, 2026 to build Oman's first dedicated communications satellite.
The Oman-Astranis contract is part of a broader early-2026 trend labeled the 'Sovereign-Commercial Nexus' in which governments use commercial satellite buses to achieve rapid national autonomy in space.
MB Group’s $200 million investment in sovereign connectivity is intended to advance Oman’s Vision 2040 program.