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 collaborated with the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and the Mission Manifest Office (MMO) in connection with Cesium Mission 1.
CesiumAstro was preparing to launch its first satellites into orbit in Fall 2021.
CesiumAstro completed an extensive multi-site audit at its Austin and Denver facilities as part of achieving AS9100D certification.
CesiumAstro uses Keysight test equipment across sites to enable teams to collaborate with a common set of tools.
Using Keysight’s PNA-X network analyzer reduced CesiumAstro’s array characterization time from hours to minutes, representing nearly a 100x improvement in test time.
CesiumAstro’s Nightingale 1 active phased array, launching on Cesium Mission 1 satellites in September, features 186 elements.
CesiumAstro reduced full-array measurement collection from roughly a day to a few minutes by using Keysight’s PNA-X capabilities.
CesiumAstro used advanced triggering and memory features on Keysight Technologies’ PNA-X network analyzer to reduce array characterization time from hours to minutes, representing nearly a 100x improvement in test times.
CesiumAstro utilized the advanced triggering and memory features of Keysight’s PNA-X network analyzer to reduce array characterization time from hours to minutes.
CesiumAstro’s Nightingale 1 active phased array, launching on Cesium Mission 1 satellites in September 2021, features 186 elements each with 64 phase states and 32 gain states behind each element.
A single run of CesiumAstro’s Nightingale 1 array requires nearly 400,000 discrete measurements.
On 2021-08-31 CesiumAstro selected Keysight Technologies’ design and validation solutions to accelerate the design, manufacturing, and test of its phased array communications payloads.
CesiumAstro is partnering with the Defense Innovation Unit to demonstrate a reduced-latency direct downlink to tactical ground terminals.
DIU selected CesiumAstro as a member of a cohort of companies developing solutions in autonomy and AI, human systems, cyber, space, and connectivity.
Cesium Mission 1 (CM1) is a two-satellite on-orbit testbed operated by CesiumAstro.
CesiumAstro is partnering with the Defense Innovation Unit to demonstrate a reduced-latency direct downlink to tactical ground terminals as one of several planned commercial and defense experiments.
Cesium Mission 1 (CM1) will enable Low Earth Orbit experimentation from September 2021 through 2026.
CesiumAstro is partnering with the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to demonstrate a reduced-latency direct downlink to tactical ground terminals as one of the CM1 experiments.
Microchip Technology has delivered more than 12,500 Cesium clocks to customers worldwide.
CesiumAstro’s FPGA Development Kit allows communications engineers to build and deploy custom waveforms on the SDR-1001’s open and reconfigurable FPGA.