ASTRA uses satellite radar and AI to detect road damage across Thailand's entire highway network — before accidents happen.
Thailand has the deadliest roads in Southeast Asia. The WHO ranks it among the top 16 countries globally for road fatalities — 25.4 deaths per 100,000 people, every year. Poor road conditions are a major contributing factor, especially during monsoon season when surface damage becomes invisible until it is too late.
Thousands of accidents every year are linked to potholes and road surface failures. Most happen during or right after heavy rains, when roads collapse from below without warning.
lost every year to road crashes.
That's 6% of Thailand's entire GDP.
Source: WHO Thailand
In 2025, a 30-meter crater opened on a Bangkok road and swallowed cars whole. 3,500 hospital patients had to be evacuated. Repairs will take over a year.
Source: Nation Thailand
2 trucks. 70,000+ km of highway. 1 survey per year.
By the time the data comes back, the roads have already changed.
Source: ARRB Systems — DOH Case Study
Our satellites use a special type of radar that sees through clouds, works in total darkness, and detects tiny shifts in road surfaces — even during monsoon season. No trucks. No road closures. No waiting for clear skies.
The European Space Agency's Sentinel-1 satellites fly over Thailand every 6 days, and the data is free. We built an AI system that reads this radar data and spots roads that are weakening, sinking, or cracking — weeks before they become dangerous.
Every road checked twice a month
Sees details the size of a car
Scans a strip wider than Thailand
Fresh data within a day
Radar satellites scan Thailand's entire highway network every 6 days — through clouds, rain, and darkness. By comparing scans over time, we track how road surfaces change at scales too small for the eye to see.
Our AI compares radar scans over time to detect small but dangerous changes in road surfaces — sections sinking, shifting, or weakening — often weeks before damage becomes visible to drivers.
Highway departments get prioritized damage maps and risk alerts. They fix roads before they fail. Before anyone gets hurt.
Thailand spends 13.9% of GDP on logistics. The US spends 9.1%. Bad roads are a big part of the gap.
Source: Statista
Thailand's infrastructure budget hit 908 billion baht in 2025, up 28% from last year. The government is spending. But right now, nobody uses satellite radar to monitor roads in Southeast Asia. ASTRA is the first.
Sources: FrontierView
Purpose-built AI for road detection, not a chatbot add-on
No satellite road monitoring exists here yet
Thailand infra budget up 28% year over year
Government satellites provide free radar data worldwide
Same system works for any country with roads
Countries spend over $1 trillion on road maintenance annually
"We started ASTRA because we drove on Thai roads every day and kept asking: why does nobody know this road is about to fail until someone gets hurt?"
-- ASTRA founding team
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ASTRA is building the first satellite-based road monitoring platform for Southeast Asia.