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’s CommPack implements a mesh network using time-division multiple access (TMDA) with carrier-sense for collision avoidance.
CesiumAstro designed the CommPack for the 2.4 GHz frequency band with rapid customization available to support other RF bands.
NASA Ames Research Center's Starling program and NASA Glenn Research Center's SKOUT program have adopted CesiumAstro's technology.
CesiumAstro will demonstrate the next generation of its Nightingale active phased array antenna as part of a Phase II NASA SBIR contract awarded as a follow-on to a Phase I NASA SBIR contract that supported its conceptual design.
CesiumAstro is building affordable, scalable antenna solutions to support a robust lunar communications infrastructure.
CesiumAstro will demonstrate the next generation of its Nightingale active phased array antenna as part of a Phase II NASA SBIR contract.
CesiumAstro is developing radio frequency active phased array antennas for lunar and cislunar applications with support from NASA.
Future NASA applications will benefit from CesiumAstro's technology for communications and radar ranging systems for lunar landers, satellites, and space stations.
CesiumAstro's modular ecosystem is designed for mass manufacturability and software-defined capabilities.
CesiumAstro's antenna solution is the most cost-effective flat panel antenna array available for higher radiation lunar environments.
The new CesiumAstro antenna utilizes the latest semiconductor technology and mass manufacturing approaches.
CesiumAstro's technology can be applied to small satellites, larger satellites with high throughput communication links, and radar sensing payloads.
ADVA’s aPNT+™ platform includes advanced cesium clocks and a range of PTP grandmasters for an end-to-end solution.
Epic Games, NVIDIA, Microsoft, and Cesium created Project Anywhere as a proof of concept for a scalable real-time interactive simulation environment at vIITSEC at the end of 2020.
CesiumAstro launched and deployed its first two satellites featuring its communications payloads on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V-401 rocket.
CesiumAstro completed the development and launch of CM1 in under two years from concept to orbit.
Cesium Satellites 1 and 2 were deployed from the U.S. Space Force's Landsat-9 Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Secondary Payload Adapter (ESPA) Flight System (EFS).
CesiumAstro completed development and launched Cesium Mission 1 in under two years from concept to orbit.
CesiumAstro, Inc. launched and deployed the first of its two satellites featuring its communications payload aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V-401 rocket.
CesiumAstro launched its first two satellites aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V-401 rocket on 2021-09-29.