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Astranis—Astranis raises a $300M Series E at a $2.8B valuation plus a $155M credit facilityMicroGEOAstranis—Astranis Block 3 launch slips to March 2027 after a power-component anomaly hits all five satellitesMicroGEOAstranis—Oman's MB Group orders a dedicated Astranis MicroGEO satellite

MicroGEO

by AstranisUS

Make a private geostationary satellite affordable for a single country or operator, so they control their own capacity instead of renting a slice of a giant satellite.

DeployStage 4 of 5

Five launched. Block 3 (five satellites) slipped to March 2027 after a power-component anomaly.

Updated 8 Jul 2026Checked 11 Oct0 updates this week

Milestones

Next · Block 3: five satellites launch on Falcon 9
  1. Arcturus, first MicroGEO, launched for AlaskaMay 2023Complete.
  2. Block 2: four satellites on one Falcon 929 Dec 2024Complete.
  3. Chunghwa Telecom orders Taiwan's satelliteApr 2025Complete.
  4. MB Group orders a satellite for Oman26 Jan 2026Complete.
  5. Block 3: five satellites launch on Falcon 9Target Mar 2027+26 mooriginally 2025Current milestone.

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  1. Mar 2027Block 3: five satellites launch on Falcon 9+26 mooriginally 2025in about 20 weeks (next)
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