Most national networks run on infrastructure someone else owns and operates. When a shared provider decides who gets capacity or reroutes traffic, the nation is left with no say and no time to stand up an alternative.
Astranis MicroGEO satellites turn sovereignty into control built into our architecture: dedicated capacity another tenant cannot erode, routing and data that stay inside the border, and authority over the policy and the keys.
The five dimensions of sovereignty, and the question to put to every vendor on each one
Custody versus control: what the operator holds, and what stays in your hands
How the model plays out across telecom and defense networks
Does your traffic and data stay inside the border?
Can another tenant erode the capacity you rely on?
Who decides priorities when demand surges?
Who controls where capacity points and how it is split?
Who holds the keys to the network?
No vendor built on shared infrastructure holds all five dimensions. A dedicated single-tenant network holds them differently: without requiring a national space program behind it.
stc group configures the payload and decides where coverage goes.
Traffic stays in the Kingdom under enterprise-grade security.
Built for rapid deployment on Astranis Block 3, launching in 2027.
While national systems often rely on foreign contractors for early operations, a dedicated single-tenant network provides operational sovereignty across all five dimensions.
Astranis holds the custodial half: it keeps the satellite healthy, on station, and safe. The customer holds the operational half: the routing, the priorities, the keys, and the coverage.
Shared infrastructure risks congestion, where your traffic competes with other users during surges. A dedicated network eliminates this contention, capacity is committed solely to you.
