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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Under the NASA contract, CesiumAstro will complete the design of a low-Earth orbit space-qualified Ka-band wideband active phased array terminal that enables communication with both commercial and government networks.
CesiumAstro was awarded a contract by NASA to perform a wideband satellite communications capability study to support the agency’s transition to fully commercialized communications services for near-Earth users.
During the contract, CesiumAstro will design a low-Earth orbit (LEO), space-qualified Ka wideband active phased array terminal.
Shey Sabripour is the founder and CEO of CesiumAstro.
CesiumAstro will identify barriers, challenges, and solutions related to integrating wideband active phased array terminals into NASA’s Near Space Network (NSN).
CesiumAstro was awarded a contract by NASA to perform a wideband satellite communications capability study.
CesiumAstro is scheduled to deliver hardware for the Airbus flight demonstration in 2023-07-01.
CesiumAstro will complete a flight demonstration with Airbus in early to mid-2024.
CesiumAstro’s SATCOM terminal achieved transmit and receive link closure to SES’s satellite from both stationary and mobile platforms.
CesiumAstro was on schedule to deliver hardware for the Airbus flight demonstration in 2023-07-01.
CesiumAstro will complete a flight demonstration with Airbus in early to mid-2024.
The demonstration achieved link closure from the CesiumAstro terminal to a Hughes ground station in Woodbine, Maryland.
CesiumAstro is scheduled to deliver hardware for the Airbus flight demonstration in 2023-07-01.
CesiumAstro will complete a flight demonstration with Airbus in early to mid-2024.
CesiumAstro’s Ka-band SATCOM terminal achieved link closure to a Hughes ground station in Woodbine, Maryland.
CesiumAstro plans to complete a flight demonstration with Airbus in early to mid-2024.
CesiumAstro is scheduled to deliver hardware for the Airbus flight demonstration in 2023-07-01.
CesiumAstro’s Ka-band SATCOM terminal achieved transmit and receive link closure to SES’s satellite on both stationary and mobile platforms.
The contract awarded to CesiumAstro is valued at $3,600,000.