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Astranis Aims for December to Launch Pair of Broadband MicroGEOs

Astranis hopes to launch a pair of small geostationary orbit (GSO) broadband satellites as soon as December. In an application Sunday, it asked for permission to launch and operate its Astranis 121W system of two MicroGEOs, small GSOs that would…

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provide broadband to North America and parts of South America. The 121W satellites would operate in the Ka band from 121 degrees west, said the company, which currently operates five other MicroGEO satellites. The 121W MicroGEOs would be the functional equivalent of a GSO system, Astranis said, and thus it applied for both in a single application.