About Astralintu Space Technologies
Astralintu Space Technologies was founded in 2020 to deliver equatorial Ground Station as a Service, filling a gap in ground-station coverage near the equator. Headquartered in Quito, Ecuador, the company defined its mission in 2021 and partnered with D-Orbit in 2022 while winning several European pitch competitions.
Its first ground station, AST-EC-GS1, began commercial operations in 2023 and signed its first paying clients in 2024, the same year it tracked an Ariane 6 launch from Ecuador. In 2025 Astralintu received what it describes as Ecuador's first-ever private investment in the space industry, from Grupo Futuro, and began building the Equatorial Stargate teleport facility, targeted for commercial operations in Q4 2026.
The company's core offering is the LatZero Link Network of equatorial ground stations, which provide longer satellite passes, more data per orbit, and reduced latency for LEO, SSO, polar and low-inclination missions. Named partners and clients include Fossa Systems, AVS, Digantara, D-Orbit, Salutes, Infostellar, Viasat and Remos Space. AST-EC-GS1 runs on green, carbon-zero energy as part of the company's net-zero-by-2050 goal.
Milestones
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2020 Astralintu founded
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2022 Partnership with D-Orbit; European pitch-competition awards
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2023 AST-EC-GS1, first ground station, begins commercial operations
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2024 First paying clients; tracked an Ariane 6 launch from Ecuador
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2025 Received Ecuador's first private space-industry investment from Grupo Futuro; began building Equatorial Stargate
