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Astranis

operating 201–500 employees

Designs and operates small, radiation-hardened satellites for geostationary and medium Earth orbits, providing dedicated broadband and GPS resilience services.

About

Astranis Space Technologies designs, manufactures, and operates small geostationary (GEO) and medium Earth orbit (MEO) satellites from its headquarters at Historic Pier 70 in San Francisco. The company's MicroGEO platform produces radiation-hardened spacecraft weighing a fraction of traditional GEO satellites, using a proprietary software-defined radio payload capable of operating across Ka, Ku, and Q/V bands with up to 7 GHz of simultaneous bandwidth.

The product line includes four satellite variants: Prime, a Ka-band broadband satellite with five units currently on orbit; UtilitySat, a multi-mission reconfigurable satellite capable of relocating between orbital slots; Omega, a next-generation platform delivering 50+ Gbps per satellite scheduled for 2026; and Nexus, a GPS resilience satellite being developed under contract with the U.S. Space Force for a 2028 launch. Astranis sells capacity as bandwidth-as-a-service to telecommunications providers, sovereign nations, and government agencies including the Space Force and NASA. The company has a backlog exceeding $1 billion across 10+ satellites on contract and aims to manufacture 24 spacecraft per year.

Products & Services

MicroGPS satellite for resilient GPS under U.S. Space Force contract, launching 2028
Next-generation MicroGEO delivering 50+ Gbps per satellite with deployable large reflector, launching 2026
Ka-band MicroGEO broadband satellite; five on orbit serving commercial and defense customers worldwide
Multi-mission reconfigurable GEO satellite operating across Ka, Ku, and Q/V bands with orbital relocation capability

Locations

San Francisco, CA HQ

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Overview

Founded 2015
HQ San Francisco, California, USA
Type Private Company

Leadership

John Gedmark
Co-founder & CEO
Ryan McLinko
Co-founder
Mark Mesler
Chief Financial Officer
Matt Long
General Counsel
Alex Clithero
Chief Engineer
Doug Abts
Chief Commercial Officer
Shane Noe
SVP, People

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