Astrocast

Astrocast is a Swiss satellite communications company based in Lausanne. It aims to establish a global satellite network for IoT applications.

History
Astrocast was founded in 2014 by EPFL alumni, and employed 70 people in 2021. It launched its first five satellites in December 2018 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, and another five in June 2021. It aims to operate a full network of 100 satellites by 2024. Astrocast's nanosatellites are CubeSats, cubes 10 cm large.

Astrocast is backed by venture capital firm Adit Ventures, Airbus SE's venture arm and the European Space Agency. In June 2022, Astrocast announced that it was acquiring Hiber, an Amsterdam-based IoT space tech company.

Satellites launched
As of July 2024 the company has launched two test satellites and four batches of operational satellites, for a total of 19 spacecraft currently in orbit around the Earth.