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Astranis Begins Final Assembly of Alaska Satellite Following Successful Test of Software-Defined Radio Payload

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Thursday, July 8, 2021

Astranis, the company building the next generation of telecommunications satellites, announced today that it has begun final assembly of its satellite for Alaska.

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  • Astranis, the company building the next generation of telecommunications satellites, announced today that it has begun final assembly of its satellite for Alaska.
  • (Photo: Business Wire)
    Beginning final assembly is an important milestone in the manufacturing of Astraniss first commercial satellite, and follows a successful end-to-end payload test that showed a capacity 20% greater than the spec.
  • The Astranis Software-Defined Radio is a proprietary technology entirely designed, built, and space-qualified by Astranis over the past four years.
  • PDI is launching the Astranis GEO HTS satellite as part of the Aurora project designed to bring broadband to all of Alaska.