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Astranis launched more satellites to geostationary orbit over the last two years than any other operator in the same period.
Astranis’ previous satellite Arcturus launched on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy in April 2023 and experienced failure of two onboard solar array drive assemblies.
Four Astranis-built broadband spacecraft launched toward geostationary orbit on 2024-12-29 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Astranis became the fourth company to deploy four or more satellites to geostationary orbit in a calendar year, joining SES, Intelsat, and Eutelsat.
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.
Astranis plans to start deploying next-generation Omega broadband spacecraft in 2026 that will be slightly bigger than previous generations and deliver five times more throughput.
Arcturus was based on Astranis’ roughly 400-kilogram MicroGEO platform that can be reprogrammed in orbit.
The Falcon 9 carrying the four Astranis satellites lifted off at 12:00 a.m. Eastern from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
The Falcon 9 placed the four Astranis satellites into a super-synchronous geostationary transfer orbit a little over half an hour after liftoff.
The Block 2 batch of four Astranis satellites includes a deployable main reflector designed to boost Ka-band throughput per satellite from 10 gigabits per second to 12 gigabits per second.
Astranis will become the fourth company ever to launch four or more satellites to GEO in a single calendar year, joining SES, Intelsat, and Eutelsat.
The four Astranis satellites will launch into a supersync Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO).
Astranis’ next four satellites are scheduled to launch on 2024-12-17.
Astranis will have launched more satellites to GEO over the last two years than any other operator.
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.
Astranis will work through the concept phase to advance its R-GPS design ahead of USSF plans to build and launch a proliferated fleet of more than 20 small GPS satellites.
Astranis’ first product, MicroGEO, operates in geostationary orbit and provides dedicated satellite connectivity.
Each Astranis MicroGEO satellite can provide bandwidth to ISPs, small and medium-sized countries, Fortune 1000 companies, and other commercial customers.
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.