Funding Details
- Awarder
- RSS - spacenews.com
- Date Award
- July 24, 2024
- Vertical
- Satellite Manufacturing
- Funding URL
- View Funding Page
Company Info
- Founding Year
- 2015
- Traction
- Astranis has only launched one spacecraft so far, Arcturus, and has plans for upcoming satellite launches to provide high throughput for customers.
- Organizations Involved
- Andreessen Horowitz, BAM Elevate, Blackrock, Fidelity, Baillie Gifford
- Founders
- John Gedmark
- Company Description
- Astranis specializes in building geostationary broadband satellites that are smaller and more cost-effective than traditional spacecraft. They focus on providing high-throughput satellites that can fit multiple units on a single rocket launch. The company operates the satellites it builds and leases the capacity over their design life.
- Market
- Space Technology
- Location
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Louisville,
Colorado,
US
- Coinvestors
- Andreessen Horowitz, BAM Elevate, Blackrock, Fidelity, Baillie Gifford
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