Astrocast / iot constellation
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Astrocast is a nanosatellite IoT network operator providing a bidirectional satellite IoT service for remote asset monitoring in industries such as maritime, agriculture, and environmental monitoring. The company is a public company listed on Euronext Growth Oslo.
faq
Who operates Astrocast?
Astrocast is operated by Astrocast. (source, as of 2026-07-05)
How many Astrocast satellites are active on orbit?
CelesTrak's catalog currently tracks 5 objects for Astrocast. (source, as of 2026-07-11)
When did Astrocast first launch?
Astrocast first launched on 2021-01-24. (source, as of 2026-07-05)
facts
operatorAstrocast
countrySwitzerland
sensor typesunknown
sats launched (total)20
sats active (claimed)18
sats active (verified)5
sats planned64
orbitlow Earth orbit
first launch2021-01-24
latest launch2023-01-03
statusactive
websiteastrocast.com
sats active (verified) counts objects currently tracked in CelesTrak's catalog for this constellation. It is a tracking count, not an operator claim about satellite health.
orbit
orbitlow Earth orbit
sats launched (total)20
sats active (claimed)18
sats active (verified)5
sats planned64
timeline
- 20242024-08-20Astrocast completes delisting from Euronext Growth Oslo (source, as of 2026-07-05)
- 20232023-07-24Airbus extends partnership with Astrocast on satellite IoT technology (source, as of 2026-07-05)
- 20222022-05-30Astrocast acquires Hiber to accelerate OEM strategy (source, as of 2026-07-05)
- 20212021-08-25Astrocast lists on Euronext Growth Oslo, first Swiss company on exchange (source, as of 2026-07-05)
- 20192019-04-01Astrocast launches second demonstration satellite Hawaii on PSLV (source, as of 2026-07-05)
- 20182018-12-03Astrocast launches first demonstration satellite Kiwi on Falcon 9 (source, as of 2026-07-05)
- 20142014Astrocast founded as EPFL spin-off developing satellite IoT network (source, as of 2026-07-05)
sources
[1] astrocast.com ↗
operatorfirst-party2026-07-05countryfirst-party2026-07-05sats active (claimed)first-party2026-07-05orbitfirst-party2026-07-05latest launchfirst-party2026-07-05websitefirst-party2026-07-05
[3] en.wikipedia.org ↗
sats launched (total)wikipedia2026-07-08
[4] celestrak.org ↗
sats active (verified)computed2026-07-11
Includes data from Gunter's Space Page: doc_sdat/astrocast-0101.htm