Senior diplomats from 26 countries visited Astranis as part of the annual Cyber and Tech Retreat, co-chaired by Denmark and Australia. Global dynamics are shifting fast, and new technologies are reshaping how nations communicate, govern, and protect their citizens. The Retreat brings global leaders and innovators together to confront these challenges and explore how the public and private sectors can work in closer partnership. At Astranis Space Technologies, we are building secure, dedicated satellite networks that help governments and communities stay connected when it matters most. It was an honor to host the delegation and share how our microGEO satellites are expanding access to reliable connectivity around the world. #satellitetechnology #spaceinnovation #globalconnectivity
Astranis Space Technologies
Space Research and Technology
San Francisco, California 45,935 followers
We build the world's most advanced satellites for high orbits.
About us
Astranis builds low-cost satellites for high orbits. Our first product, MicroGEO, offers the world’s lowest-cost satellite broadband. Operating in geostationary orbit, each MicroGEO satellite can provide dedicated satellites to small and medium-sized countries, Fortune 1000 companies, and other commercial customers. Astranis has built a $1 billion backlog for 12+ MicroGEO satellites launching over the next two years. Astranis also offers services across orbits and use cases. With contracts in place with Space Force, NASA, and other government partners, Astranis is working across MEO and GEO to support government science, PNT, and communications missions. Astranis has raised $750 million from top global investors and employs a team of over 400 engineers and builders, headquartered at Historic Pier 70 in San Francisco, California.
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https://www.astranis.com
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- Space Research and Technology
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- 201-500 employees
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, California
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- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2015
- Specialties
- Radiation-Hardened Electronics
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575 20th St
San Francisco, California 94107, US
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SoCal, we’re coming to Space Beach. Astranis Space Technologies will be the 22nd company at the Space Beach Hiring Event in Long Beach on November 13. If you’re ready to help redefine satellite communications or have been impacted by the layoffs at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, come on by. Ed Boyes will be there representing Astranis and is excited to meet you. We’re building the next generation of MicroGEO satellites to bring affordable, secure, reliable, high-speed internet to the world. We’re hiring across engineering, manufacturing, and operations. https://lnkd.in/gSWmcBUK See you at the beach. #Astranis #SpaceBeachHiringEvent #AerospaceJobs #SpaceTech #HiringEvent #CareersInSpace
T-minus 14 days until we host the Space Beach Hiring Event inspired by the recent announced layoffs at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. This event is also open to others who may have been impacted by aerospace and defense layoffs regionally. All job seekers must pre-register to attend at: https://lnkd.in/gxN8ueBR Confirmed participating companies include: Antares Apex - Spacecraft Manufacturing Boeing Coronal Technologies Ford Motor Company Heart Aerospace Hermeus JetZero Long Wall M4 Engineering, Inc. Millennium Space Systems Nikon AM Synergy Inc. PCX Aerosystems Orbital Operations Rebel Space Technologies Relativity Space Rocket Lab Space Kinetic Corp. Stratolaunch True Anomaly Vast #spacebeach City of Long Beach
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Introducing Astranis Vanguard: a mobile, ad-hoc networking solution for warfighters and first responders. Launched in partnership with Kymeta, Persistent Systems, and Satcube.
CEO @Astranis. Founder, aerospace engineer. Building real things to solve some of the world’s hardest problems.
Today we’re announcing a new product for warfighters and first responders: Astranis Vanguard. A fully air-gapped, rapidly deployable network using a dedicated satellite. In partnership with Persistent Systems, LLC, Kymeta Corporation, and Satcube. And we’ve demonstrated this capability using an operational, on-orbit satellite asset. Astranis Vanguard offers both defense and commercial customers the ability to quickly and easily spin up a resilient, self‑forming network capable of voice, video, and broadband data. For defense missions, Vanguard allows operators to sustain command‑and‑control and situational awareness in austere or contested environments. Dismounted or mounted teams can deploy mobile terminals to extend connectivity beyond line-of-sight, all without reliance on a central hub or existing infrastructure. For commercial and public safety users, Vanguard offers a method to rapidly restore or extend coverage. First responders can stand up connectivity within minutes after severe weather or wildfires, enabling push‑to‑talk, live drone feeds, and data sharing for incident command. And industrial operators in the energy, mining, rail, and maritime industries can use the system to link remote crews and equipment where cellular access is sparse or unavailable. The live demonstration proved out this capability with: ‣ an operational Astranis satellite in geostationary orbit (GEO), with connectivity managed using the satellite’s onboard software-defined radio ‣ a Mobile Ad-Hoc Network (MANET) with Persistent Systems MPU5 broadband radios, using that network to share video feeds, comms, and IP traffic ‣ Flat-panel user terminals by Satcube (for communications on the pause) and Kymeta (for communications on-the-move), connecting directly to the Astranis satellite to provide backhaul and extend the network beyond line of sight This is real equipment that is already deployed all over the world with warfighters, first responders, and a wide array of enterprise customers. In industries that care about mobility and security like oil & gas. Astranis Vanguard is a big deal. It’s a capability that customers have long asked us for. It was only made possible due to our collaboration with Kymeta, Persistent Systems, and Satcube, and we’re excited to roll it out to our existing and future customers.
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CFO at Astranis | Building the Future of Space Infrastructure | Ex-Archer Aviation (NYSE) & Bloom Energy (NYSE)
Very excited to join the Astranis Space Technologies team and partner with John Gedmark to build the next great space and defense tech firm. Our dual use technology is extremely important for both our government and enterprise customers to provide private, secure and customized broadband networks with our proprietary microGEO satellite technology. Looking forward to scaling the next generation of space infrastructure in GEO orbit!
CEO @Astranis. Founder, aerospace engineer. Building real things to solve some of the world’s hardest problems.
At Astranis we just brought in three new execs to help us scale: Mark Mesler, former CFO of Archer Aviation ($ACHR), Matt Long, long-time General Counsel of Palantir ($PLTR), and Shane Noe, people leader at Okta ($OKTA), Box ($BOX), and ClickUp. Mark most recently served as CFO of Archer Aviation (NYSE: ACHR) for 4 years and spent 11 years as Vice President of Finance at Bloom Energy (NYSE: BE). He’s raised nearly $1 billion in pre‑IPO funding, and helped take Bloom Energy public in 2018. Matt spent 13 years as the longtime General Counsel of Palantir (NYSE: PLTR). He helped them scale from 100 to 3,000 employees, $1.3 billion in govt. contracts, and led their 2020 public offering on the NYSE… But Matt is best known as the lawyer who sued the Army and won. He prevailed in a landmark case allowing the company to compete for and ultimately win an $876M enterprise contract. Shane comes to us from ClickUp, where he was Vice President of People. He helped scale Okta (NASDAQ: OKTA) from 1,600 to 6,000 after their IPO, and is a self-described “recovering finance guy” who knows his way around people data. If you want to join them — and the other 450 Astranians — we have 50+ new roles open on our job site. Apply if you want to help humanity expand its reach beyond Low Earth Orbit, and have experience building real things for the real world.
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We’re proud to support Southwest Airlines in their mission to elevate the passenger experience. Their decision to provide free Wi-Fi inflight - powered in part by our new Anuvu Constellation microGEO satellites, NuView-Alpha and Bravo - is an exciting move for passengers and demonstrates a truly customer centric approach. This marks a special milestone in an incredible 15+ year partnership with Southwest, and we’re excited to see how the passenger experience will evolve with our new satellites.
Free WiFi in the sky? You heard that right. We’ve teamed up with T-Mobile to offer Rapid Rewards Members free, unlimited WiFi starting on October 24. Together, we’re putting Customers first and keeping them connected from takeoff to touchdown.
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It's time for a second golden age of American manufacturing. And we'll document our piece of it — subscribe to watch us cut metal and build satellites: https://lnkd.in/gEj4nE65 #machining #manufacturing #factory #MadeInAmerica
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CEO @Astranis. Founder, aerospace engineer. Building real things to solve some of the world’s hardest problems.
Astranis is building a new satellite for Taiwan. 🇹🇼 With our customer, Chunghwa Telecom, we will bring Taiwan its first-ever dedicated communications satellite. Chunghwa Telecom is the largest telco in Taiwan, with a market cap of more than $30 billion USD. Independent, secure internet infrastructure has never been more geopolitically important — and because it’s impossible to replicate with LEO constellations or even terrestrial links, it merits some spelling out. Astranis Space Technologies was founded on the belief that access to secure, reliable communications infrastructure is foundational to peace, prosperity, and self-determination. The satellite we’re bringing to Taiwan represents resilience. It will serve as a critical backbone for cellular connectivity, maritime communications, and essential government services across Taiwan. And it will ensure that Chunghwa Telecom’s network remains operational in times of crisis, whether in the face of natural disasters or other disruptions to terrestrial infrastructure. Importantly, Astranis provides more than just a satellite — we give our customers a standalone, dedicated network. A network that can be rapidly deployed and fully spans their geography of choice. With enterprise-grade security, customizability, and deep insights into the configuration and operation of the network. And as an independent piece of infrastructure, it safeguards against geopolitical risks, and is beyond the reach of hostile neighbors. Those are the benefits of having your own, dedicated satellite and network. And that’s why so many customers are choosing Astranis. We at Astranis are honored to be part of this moment, and to have a product that has proven so uniquely needed in today’s world. We look forward to continuing to support Taiwan and its people for many years to come.
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We just delivered a new demo to Space Force — transmitting GPS signals using our Astranis-built SDR. And we did it ahead of schedule. Here’s the full news: 𝐒𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨, 𝐂𝐀 — March 4, 2025 — Astranis announced today the completion of a key demonstration for the U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) Resilient GPS (R-GPS) program, transmitting core GPS waveforms using Astranis’ software-defined radio hardware. The demonstration was delivered on budget and ahead of schedule — just four months into the program — highlighting Astranis’ ability to leverage their existing, flight-heritage high-orbit satellite hardware to deliver new resilient capabilities to the USSF. The demonstration was performed at Astranis’ headquarters in San Francisco, California, and involved both a flight-like Astranis software-defined radio and the positioning, navigation, and timing algorithms from Astranis’ partner and subcontractor for the Resilient GPS program, Xona Space Systems. The Astranis team transmitted a GPS Course Acquisition (C/A) navigation signal through the Astranis Resilient GPS payload and demonstrated signal acquisition and recovery of Legacy Navigation (LNAV) messages using an off-the-shelf GPS receiver. This test validated that Astranis’ Resilient GPS design — Astranis Nexus — is compliant with GPS specifications “out of the box,” proving the compatibility of Astranis’ GPS solution with existing GPS user equipment. Meeting this mission-critical requirement will allow the USSF to deploy new Resilient GPS satellites without requiring a multi-billion-dollar upgrade to already-deployed user equipment. In September 2024, Astranis was selected as one of four bidders to design next-generation Resilient GPS satellites as part of the U.S. Space Force’s Resilient GPS program. Astranis received its Authority to Proceed by USSF’s Space System’s Command on September 19, 2024 and is surpassing program objectives ahead of schedule with today’s demonstration. Astranis is well-positioned to deliver its solution in line with USSF’s ambitious schedule of launching the first eight satellites by 2028 and will continue to mature its Resilient GPS satellite design over the coming months. 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐀𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬 Astranis builds advanced satellites for high orbits. Astranis’ first product, MicroGEO, operates in geostationary orbit and can provide dedicated service to entire nations and commercial partners alike with a single satellite to begin. Astranis has commitments for more than $1 billion of satellite services across 12 MicroGEO satellites and operates five satellites on orbit today. With contracts in place with U.S. Space Force, NASA, and other government partners, Astranis works across MEO and GEO to support government science, PNT, and communications missions. Astranis has raised more than $750 million from top global investors and employs a team of over 400 engineers and builders, headquartered at Historic Pier 70 in San Francisco, California
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