Gedmark said Astranis is planning to provide details about its insurance at a later date. Fast-moving market PDI plans to lease capacity from Arcturus to provide internet services across Alaska, roughly tripling the available satellite capacity in the state, according to Astranis, bringing costs down to one-third of current prices for residential and wholesale customers. Astranis pointed to research showing how more Alaskans are underserved regarding internet access than any other state in the United States. Alaska is also a key growth target for the connectivity services startup OneWeb plans to provide from low Earth orbit later this year. Speaking to SpaceNews in early September after a recent trip to Alaska, OneWeb CEO Neil Masterson said the venture now expects takeup of its services will be faster than expected once it begins to come online. Gedmark said its decision to switch to a rocket that aims to bring its services online faster was made independently of any decisions of other companies. “It was just the best way to get bandwidth to Alaskans as soon as possible,” he said. “As we’ve noted before, we don’t believe the global demand for bandwidth will be met anytime soon, and that’s certainly also true of Alaska. We’ve all got a huge challenge ahead of us in providing affordable broadband whenever and wherever people need it, the world over.” In July, Astranis secured an order for the first two of eight satellites that Anuvu is planning