Astranis

Dedicated-network satellites for high orbits

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.