{"city":"San Francisco","name":"Astranis","slug":"astranis","facts":[{"date":"2026-09-12","type":"contract","value":"Commercial contract backlog worth more than $1 billion","source":"SpaceNews"},{"date":"2026-09-12","type":"contract","value":"Small GEO broadband satellite ordered by stc Group","source":"SpaceNews"},{"date":"2026-09-12","type":"partnership","value":"stc Group ordered a small GEO broadband satellite from Astranis","source":"SpaceNews"},{"date":"2026-09-12","type":"contract","value":"Dedicated Astranis satellite for Saudi Arabia","source":"www.stocktitan.net — 2026-09-12"},{"date":"2026-09-12","type":"customer","value":"stc Group","source":"www.stocktitan.net — 2026-09-12"},{"date":"2026-08-14","type":"product_launch","value":"Perceptor space domain awareness and maneuverability satellite","source":"Via Satellite"}],"peers":[{"name":"Airbus Defence & Space","rank":8,"slug":"airbus-defence-space","score":"85"},{"name":"Thales Alenia Space","rank":12,"slug":"thales-alenia-space","score":"82.5"},{"name":"Muon Space","rank":20,"slug":"muon-space","score":"81"},{"name":"K2 Space","rank":22,"slug":"k2-space","score":"80.5"},{"name":"Millennium Space Systems","rank":23,"slug":"millennium-space-systems","score":"80"},{"name":"The Exploration Company","rank":26,"slug":"the-exploration-company","score":"79.5"}],"stage":"Growth","state":"California","aliases":["MicroGEO"],"country":"United States","domains":[{"why":"Astranis designs and manufactures small geostationary broadband satellites, including dedicated satellites for customers such as stc Group and its MicroGEO product line.","list":"Space 100","rank":61,"tier":"member","layer":"Satellites & spacecraft","total":71,"domain":"Space","scores":{"leverage":6,"position":6,"progress":10,"firepower":8,"commercial":6,"deployment":6,"production":6,"technology":8},"edition":"November 2026","segment":"Platforms"}],"founded":null,"signals":[{"date":"2026-10-26","header":"ST Engineering iDirect will provide the ground network for Oman’s MB Sat-1 sovereign microGEO satellite.","outlet":"Via Satellite"},{"date":"2026-10-26","header":"Astranis plans a dedicated Falcon 9 mission to launch six MicroGEO satellites in 2028.","outlet":"Via Satellite"},{"date":"2026-10-26","header":"Astranis upgraded its fourth launch contract to a dedicated SpaceX Falcon 9 mission for 2028.","outlet":"SpaceNews"},{"date":"2026-10-23","header":"Thaicom requested an ITU deadline extension for Thaicom 9.","outlet":"Space Intel Report"},{"date":"2026-10-23","header":"Thaicom requested an ITU deadline extension for the Thaicom 9 satellite.","outlet":"Space Intel Report"},{"date":"2026-10-12","header":"Astranis secured a $468 million credit line to expand geostationary satellite production in California.","outlet":"Data Center Dynamics"}],"website":"https://astranis.com","category":"Space · Satellites & spacecraft","categories":[{"name":"Communications constellations","domain":"Space","parent":"Space · Satellites & spacecraft"}],"last_round":null,"updated_at":"2026-10-31T10:00:56.234+00:00","facts_total":22,"positioning":"Astranis is a US satellite maker whose MicroGEO small dedicated GEO satellites (multiple on orbit since 2023, with the next-gen Omega program) offer niche-GEO-as-a-service, the counter-thesis to LEO constellations, serving nations and telcos without $300M satellite budgets. It raised a Series E in May 2026 (a16z participating) on top of ~$750M in prior rounds. The Series E amount was not disclosed in this pass's sources (a gap).","sub_category":"Communications constellations","signals_total":26,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/astranis","title":"Astranis · space, San Francisco, California, United States · scores, facts and signals · Frontier Tech Intelligence","description":"Astranis designs and manufactures small geostationary broadband satellites, including dedicated satellites for customers such as stc Group and its MicroGEO product line. Space 100 rank 61 (score 71) 26 signals and 22 facts with sources.","publisher":"Frontier Tech Intelligence (Future Frontiers, a trade name of Essential Cognition Inc.)","note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}