omega

Astranis has taken the wraps off a new generation of communications satellites that will serve broadband to customers on Earth from geostationary orbit, but faster and smaller than any comsat up there. Astranis builds and operates relatively small broadband satellites in high orbits, and sells that capacity on to telecom and internet service providers. The startup takes prize in the comparatively diminutive size of its GEO satellites, which are normally huge and, as a result, are easy to track and potentially attack. Like the company’s current satellites, Omega will have the ability to maneuver in GEO using on-board all-electric propulsion. The company aims to complete the first Omega satellite in 2025 and launch to orbit in 2026.