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Advanced satellites for high orbits.
Backed by Y Combinator · a16z (portfolio)
Astranis builds advanced satellites for high orbits, expanding humanity’s reach into the solar system. Today Astranis satellites provide dedicated, secure networks to highly-sophisticated customers across the globe— large enterprises, sovereign governments, and the US military. With five satellites on orbit and many more set to launch soon, the company is servicing a backlog of more than $1 billion of commercial contracts. Astranis is the preferred satellite communications partner for buyers with stringent requirements for uptime, data security, network visibility, and customization. Astranis has raised over $750 million from some of the world’s best investors, from Andreessen Horowitz to Blackrock, and Fidelity, and employs a team of 450 engineers and entrepreneurs. Astranis designs, builds, and operates its satellites out of its 153,000 sq. ft. headquarters in Northern California, USA.
Astranis builds small, radiation-hardened satellites designed for high orbits (particularly GEO) to provide dedicated, high-speed satellite broadband and other services. The company emphasizes in-house manufacturing and a focus on government and commercial contracts, including Space Force, NASA, and international customers.
Astranis offers MicroGEO, a dedicated satellite broadband product built for high orbits. The satellites are small yet powerful, radiation-hardened for beyond LEO operations, designed to operate from high orbits with onboard digital processing. The company designs, manufactures, tests, and operates its satellites at its Pier 70 facility in California, delivering services to commercial and government customers and expanding toward government programs of record as a prime contractor.
Who it’s for: Commercial satellite broadband customers and government/military/space agencies seeking high-orbit communications and mission-critical services.
Customers: Thaicom (THAICOM-9), Space Force, NASA, Anuvu satellites (private GEO network)
Funding announcements (Series E, total raised over $1.2B), manufacturing expansion, government mission contracts, prime contractor engagements, ongoing hiring at a space-focused hardware company
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