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Astranis

Astranis

Builds small geostationary communications satellites for dedicated regional broadband and leases them to customers as a service

WEBSITE LINKEDIN X YOUTUBE CAREERS

$200M TOTAL RAISED * $7.5M FED AWARDS 94 OPEN ROLES 519 EMPLOYEES * 2015 FOUNDED *

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SITREP

Astranis is a private company active in satellite communications, satellite manufacturing, and navigation & positioning. Based in San Francisco, California, it was founded in 2015 by John Gedmark and Ryan McLinko. It is led by CEO John Gedmark. Across the space value chain, it operates as a vertically integrated business. Its lineup includes the Astranis Prime and Astranis UtilitySat components. It has been awarded U.S. government contracts from the Department of Defense.

Status Operating

HQ San Francisco, California

Locations HQ San Francisco, California

ACTIVITY

Network connection added Receives contract / USA SPENDING / 4h ago NETWORK JUL 21

Network connection added Contractor for / 11h ago NETWORK JUL 21

Network connection added Receives contract / USA SPENDING / 1d ago NETWORK JUL 20

Network connection added Contractor for / 1d ago NETWORK JUL 20

Network connection added Contractor for / 2d ago NETWORK JUL 19

Network connection added Receives contract / USA SPENDING / 3d ago NETWORK JUL 18

PERFORMANCE

FUNDING * ALL FUNDING

$200M TOTAL RAISED

Latest round / Series D $200M

FEDERAL AWARDS ALL CONTRACTS

$7.5M 1 AWARDS 1 AGENCY

Defense $7.5M

FINANCIALS VIEW ALL

$200M Total raised * Series D

$7.5M Space fed-awards 1 agencies

CATALOG

Other 4

Astranis Nexus Astranis Omega Astranis Prime Astranis UtilitySat

LICENSES

FCC space station 3

ASTRANIS 131W GSO SYSTEM 131.1 W.L. S00784 ASTRANIS 157E GSO SYSTEM 157 E.L. S3236 ARCTURUS 163 W.L. S3092

CREW ALL PEOPLE

John Gedmark Co-founder & CEO

Ryan McLinko Co-founder

Alex Clithero Chief Engineer

Doug Abts Chief Commercial Officer

Mark Mesler Chief Financial Officer

Matt Long General Counsel

Shane Noe SVP, People

HIRING ALL 94 ROLES

94 OPEN ROLES

103 NEW / 30D

2 LOCATIONS

0 REMOTE

HIRING IN

Payload Internships 7 Production & Manufacturing Internships 7 3304 Radiation Effects 4 3411 Hardware Testing 4

LATEST ROLES CAREERS SITE

Posted Jul 15, 2026 Senior Motion Designer & Editor

San Francisco 5001 Marketing & Public Relations Base Salary

Posted Jul 14, 2026 Manufacturing Engineer, Additive

San Francisco 3121 Machining Base Salary

Posted Jul 13, 2026 Facilities Engineer

San Francisco 1111 Facilities Base Salary

Posted Jul 9, 2026 Recruiting Coordination Associate (Fall 2026)

San Francisco Business Operations Internships Base Salary

Posted Jul 8, 2026 Network Planning Sales Engineer Associate (Fall 2026)

San Francisco Network Planning Internships Base Salary

Posted Jul 6, 2026 Senior HITL Test Engineer

San Francisco, CA 3411 Hardware Testing Base Salary

NETWORK GRAPH

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CLASSIFICATION

Sectors

Satellite Communications Satellite Manufacturing Navigation & Positioning

Technology

SmallSat Electric Propulsion Ku-Band Ka-Band Software-Defined

Orbit & Destination

Application

Commercial Government-Civil Government-Defense

Thematic

New Space Pioneer

DATA & SOURCES

SourceProvides

Company websitecompany profile, products, locations, press

USAspending.govfederal contract awards

FCC IBFSsatellite and space-station licenses

Industry pressnews coverage

Company job boardopen roles

* Lower-confidence value, or one we haven't anchored to a primary source yet. Profile assembled from 5 sources and cross-checked continuously.

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Last verified 2026-06-24

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