Astranis (MicroGEO, Omega)

• Contracting an Falcon 9 rocket to launch four satellites in 2023.
• SpaceX is due to launch a batch of four Astranis satellites on a single Falcon 9 rocket in 2024 — collectively Block 2 — which were upgraded to fix the solar array component glitch. An undisclosed rocket has been lined up to deploy five more satellites as part of Block 3. The first flight vehicle of Omega will be completed in mid-2025.

• Astranis’s MicroGEO is a high-flying new take on satellite broadband.
• Astranis signs deal to bring satellite internet to 3 million people in Peru by 2023.
• Astranis is contracting an entire Falcon 9 rocket to launch four satellites next year, 2022-04-05.
• Astranis Space Technologies First MicroGEO Satellite Completes Final Testing and Is Ready for Launch.
• John Gedmark, Astranis, 2022-11-16.
• Astranis gets order for a pair of Mexico-focused GEO broadband satellites, SpaceNews, 2023-03-14.
• Debut Astranis satellite beams first signals to Alaska, SpaceNews, 2023-05-24. Core functions including the telecoms satellite’s software-defined radio are working as expected. However, Astranis still needs to finalize calibration and wrap up more minor health checks before the satellite can be put into service for Pacific Dataport.
• First Astranis satellite sidelined by post-deployment glitch, SpaceNews, 2023-07-21. Failure of both solar array drive assemblies.
• 2 MicroGEO satellites in partnership with APCO Networks.
• Future Omega satellite will provide 50 Gbps and have a mass about 600 kg. Launches starting from 2026.

Astranis improves access to internet connectivity by making smaller and more powerful satellites at a fraction of the cost.

• DemoSat 2