COMSAT announces support of ‘Astranis: From One to Many’ mission

COMSAT has announced its pivotal role in supporting the recently-launched Astranis: From One to Many mission.

The mission, developed by San Francisco-based satellite company, Astranis, aims to provide broadband services for customers including inflight connectivity provider Anuvu, and Philippine internet provider HTechCorp.

COMSAT has facilitated Telemetry, Tracking, and Command (TT&C) services for the mission’s four satellites following their launch in December of last year, via an antenna hosted at its Southbury teleport. The station’s team of experts have maintained and monitored the equipment, enabling seamless real-time monitoring and control of the satellites by Astranis during critical phases including launch and deployment.

COMSAT’s support remains ongoing as the satellites continue their journey to their operational geostationary orbits over the coming months. 

According to COMSAT’s VP of Business/Sales, Kailey Theroux, “Our state-of-the-art ground station technology and dedicated team of experts ensure that seamless connectivity is never a concern for our customers. By automating many of our monitoring processes, we’re able to offer enhanced reliability and responsiveness during critical mission phases for newly launched missions such as this.

“We’re delighted to be supporting Astranis and we’re proud to be contributing to the enhancement of global connectivity as part of this mission.”

The mission has seen San Francisco based Astranis become only the fourth company to deploy four or more satellites to GEO orbit in a calendar year. It is also the first time a single satellite manufacturer has flown four of its own satellites on a single launch to GEO, owing to the smaller form factor of the MicroGEO satellites.