Billions of people still lack high-speed internet. This S.F. company is building satellites to change that

We're proud to work with Astranis Space Technologies on its mission to connect the world by investing in the next generation of internet satellites. The company was recently featured in the San Francisco Chronicle in an article that highlighted how Astranis is making strides to close the digital divide:

“As it turns out, beaming high-speed internet to the remote corners of Alaska from thousands of miles away in space starts with a brick of titanium in a San Francisco warehouse.

In a vast complex where the U.S. once churned out World War II-era Liberty ships, Astranis is building satellites that it plans to send to orbit more than 22,000 miles above the Earth’s surface, with the first slated to be borne skyward aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral next year.

Each of these robot sentinels costs tens of millions of dollars to make, but, according to Astranis CEO and aerospace engineer John Gedmark, the price tag is worth it to solve one of humanity’s enduring challenges: high-speed internet connection.

“We’re talking about 3 or 4 billion people that do not have broadband internet,” across the globe, a problem that has gotten worse as the planet’s population has increased, he said. “It’s one of the largest problems that humanity has to solve today.”

Read the full article here.