Introducing Astranis Omega, pound-for-pound the most powerful satellite in GEO.
50+ Gbps, Ka & X bands, with the ability to launch 12+ Omegas on a single medium-class rocket.
China just launched a major mission to the Moon. Their 5th in 5 years.
With this mission China is demonstrating all the capabilities to do crewed missions to the lunar surface.
The US does not have this capability today. We need to get our act together.
Today
@Astranis
is introducing a revolutionary new satellite for high orbits.
We call it Omega.
It is pound-for-pound higher performance than any satellite on orbit today. First flight unit will be completed next year, with launches starting in 2026.
Always great to see Astranis investor
@MattBellamy
No joke Matt is one of the best deep tech investors out there. Knows what it takes to do hard things.
Great to have Vice President
@algore
by the satellite factory to see what we're building at Astranis. And see how we're helping connect some of the most underserved people around the world.
Thanks again for stopping by!
Astranis will launch more satellites to GEO than the rest of the industry combined.
We’ve already announced 9 satellites for places from Mexico to the Philippines. Today we’re announcing our 10th project: a new dedicated satellite for Thaicom, a leading Asian satellite provider
🛰️🌎Incredible to hear about the cutting-edge
#aerospace
work
@Astranis
is innovating in
#SanFrancisco
. They invited me to tour their headquarters where they design & manufacture geostationary satellites for high orbit that can provide internet to millions of ppl in remote areas.
Arcturus is on the move.
Over the past nine months, our first satellite has been hard at work:
▸ completing end-to-end comms demos (commercial and govt.)
▸ demonstrating full payload functionality
▸ testing ground stations, mission ops…
And now, it’s doing something new:…
The US Space Force just canceled a multibillion-dollar program for a GEO communications satellite. And it was the right call.
The future is coming too fast to keep sending infinite, responsibility-free dollars to the old defense primes.