Astranis

Astranis Space Technologies is an internet connectivity enablement company using GEO microsatellites with unique characteristics to unlock the potential of GEO satellites. Its satellites are approximately 400 kg, 1/20th the size of traditional GEO satellites, reducing manufacturing and launch costs. Instead of wide-beam coverage, Astranis satellites focus on specific geographic regions where laying fiber isn’t practical. The company uses software-defined payloads to adjust coverage and bandwidth distribution as needed. In particular, Astranis’s approach to leveraging a more optimized size for GEO satellites makes its satellites an ideal solution for corporate use cases that have higher expectations for security and uptime, compared to users of more consumer solutions, like Starlink, that can afford less consistent service.