
Dedicated-network satellites for high orbits
astranis.com (opens in a new tab)Astranis designs, builds and operates satellites for high orbits, giving customers their own dedicated and secure communications networks. Its buyers are large enterprises, national governments and the U.S. military — organizations with exacting requirements for uptime, security, visibility into their networks and tailored configurations. Astranis has five satellites in orbit, more scheduled to launch, and a backlog of over $1 billion in commercial contracts. It runs design, manufacturing and operations from a 153,000-square-foot headquarters in Northern California with a team of about 450 engineers and entrepreneurs. Its longer-term ambition is to extend human reach further into the solar system.