GuardianSat is a space safety and defense company focused on space domain awareness and protection of space assets. They develop patented technologies for detecting and mitigating threats from orbital debris and anti-satellite weapons, including autonomous onboard defense systems. GuardianSat partners with organizations like Viasat and participates in programs like the SDA TAP LAB to enhance its capabilities and support national security objectives. Key products include systems for satellite collision avoidance, threat detection, and active countermeasures.
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GuardianSat was awarded a Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant from America’s Seed Fund powered by the National Science Foundation to advance its Autonomous Satellite Orbital Debris Avoidance System (Patent No. 8,833,702 – Robert Briskman).
GuardianSat’s multi-spectrum debris detection system is designed to expand protection to sub-0.1 m space debris, whereas many ground-based systems track and identify objects larger than 0.1 m diameter.
The Aerospace Corporation is supporting GuardianSat’s Phase I STTR project and operates as a national nonprofit that runs a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) across the space domain.
GuardianSat will receive technical support from The Aerospace Corporation as part of the NSF award.
GuardianSat won a Small Business Technology Transfer Phase 1 research contract from the National Science Foundation’s America’s Seed Fund worth about $273,000.
GuardianSat announced the NSF award on 2023-10-12.
GuardianSat was awarded U.S. patent number 11662183 for an integrated countermeasure system on satellites that autonomously neutralizes ground, air, and space-based anti-satellite (ASAT) attacks.