[1] The company publicly disclosed its projects in March 2018, following a funding round that was aimed at the development of geostationary communications satellites.

[2][3] In January 2019, Astranis initiated a commercial program with Pacific Dataport, Inc. to increase the satellite internet capacity in Alaska.

[6][7] Astranis was part of the Winter 2016 cohort of the Y Combinator accelerator program[8] and has raised over $350 million in venture funding from firms such as BlackRock, Venrock, and Andreessen Horowitz.

[12] In July 2023, Astranis reported a malfunction in an externally supplied solar array drive assembly on Arcturus, which affected the spacecraft's ability to provide internet service.

Customers include Orbits Corp of the Philippines, Thaicom of Thailand, Orbith of Argentina, and Apco Networks of Mexico.