TAMPA, Fla. — SpaceX successfully launched four Astranis-built broadband spacecraft toward geostationary orbit Dec. 29, marking the first time a single commercial manufacturer has flown four of its own satellites on one mission to GEO. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the satellites lifted off 12:00 a.m. Eastern from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, placing them in super-synchronous geostationary transfer orbit a little over half an hour later. Astranis spokesperson Christian Keil confirmed signal acquisition about three hours later, saying the satellites should now take a few months to get…
