CesiumAstro is a US-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in developing advanced communication systems for space and airborne platforms, including active phased array antennas and software-defined radios. They provide full-stack, multi-mission hardware and software products that enable high-throughput connectivity and data transmission. CesiumAstro partners with organizations like NASA, the Space Development Agency (SDA), the U.S. Air Force, Axiom Space, and commercial entities to deliver next-generation connectivity solutions. Their key products include the Nightingale, Vireo, Skylark, and Element, and they focus on innovations in satellite communications, lunar communications, and inter-satellite links.
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CesiumAstro was awarded a contract through the Department of Defense’s Space Development Agency to advance the company’s multi-beam L-band active electronically scanned array antenna.
CesiumAstro will continue developing a Link 16–compatible L-band AESA ahead of the Space Development Agency’s migration to the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture global satellite network.
CesiumAstro was awarded a contract through the Department of Defense’s Space Development Agency to advance the company’s multi-beam L-band active electronically scanned array antenna.
Trey Pappas is Vice President of Business Development at CesiumAstro and is a retired Marine Corps aviation officer.
CesiumAstro acquired TXMission Ltd., a United Kingdom-based communications company.
The acquisition provides a foundation for CesiumAstro to establish an office in the United Kingdom to grow its presence.
CesiumAstro acquired TXMission, a U.K. company that develops software-defined radios and modems.
The acquisition of TXMission provides a foundation for CesiumAstro to establish an office in the United Kingdom.
CesiumAstro’s UK office expansion is intended to expand the company’s ability to deliver mission-critical solutions to European customers and to gain access to high-skill talent and manufacturing capability in the region.
CesiumAstro acquired TXMission Ltd., a United Kingdom-based communications company.
CesiumAstro Inc. acquired TXMission Ltd. on 2023-01-17.
The acquisition of TXMission expands CesiumAstro’s ability to deliver mission-critical solutions to its European customers and provides access to high-skill talent and manufacturing capability in the region.
Saturn Satellite Networks selected CesiumAstro’s Vireo-GEO active phased array RF payload for Saturn’s Space BroadbandNetworks-1 (SBN-1).
The SBN-1 payloads will be developed at CesiumAstro’s facilities in Austin, Texas for integration in Saturn’s low-cost GEO platform, the Intelligent Space Node (ISN), in its partner’s Silicon Valley facilities.
CesiumAstro’s direct radiating array enables a small GEO platform to affordably deliver over 120 Gbps.
Saturn Satellite Networks selected CesiumAstro’s Vireo-GEO active phased array RF payload for the Space Broadband Networks-1 (SBN-1) program.
CesiumAstro will develop the SBN-1 payloads at its facilities in Austin, Texas.
The SBN-1 satellites will use CesiumAstro’s direct radiating array to provide multi-beam connectivity in a power-optimized, thermally efficient configuration.
CesiumAstro’s Vireo-GEO payload provides independently steerable and shapeable beams to enable enhanced quality of service.
Phased array antennas from Austin, Texas-based CesiumAstro will enable SBN-1 to provide high-throughput services at more than 120 gigabits per second.