Centauri Corporation (formerly Centauri, LLC) is a technology-driven company providing high-end engineering and development solutions, particularly in military space, intelligence, cyber, and emerging technologies. Following its acquisition by KBR in 2020, Centauri became part of KBR's Government Solutions segment, expanding KBR's capabilities in high-end engineering, technology development, and mission support services for defense and intelligence customers. Centauri's major partners and customers include the U.S. Department of Defense and the intelligence community. Keywords associated with Centauri include space solutions, intelligence solutions, cybersecurity, and missile defense.
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Brian Cox cited progress in directed-energy propulsion and small-scale, high-velocity probes as early steps toward neighboring star systems such as Proxima Centauri.
In August 2025, JWST observations produced the most convincing evidence to date for a planet orbiting Alpha Centauri A with a mass similar to Saturn.
A 2019 detection of a radio signal from Proxima Centauri raised hopes in the SETI community, but follow-up observations determined it was just interference.
KBR purchased Centauri for $827,000,000 in 2020.
EnduroSat is developing a CubeSat called TOLIMAN to study Alpha Centauri as part of a partnership with the University of Sydney and Breakthrough Initiatives.
Fleet Space Technologies operates the Centauri satellite constellation that includes Centauri-3, Centauri-4, Centauri-5, and Centauri-6.
The program to develop and demonstrate the LEO SATCOM system using Fleet Space Technologies’ Centauri satellites is named ASC.
The two July sounding-rocket missions will launch only a week apart to obtain a complementary picture of ultraviolet light from Alpha Centauri A and B.
CENTaURI-5 adds capacity, reduces signal delay, and provides additional network redundancy for the Centauri constellation.
CENTAURI-5 increases data capacity, reduces signal delay, and provides additional network redundancy for the Centauri constellation.
CENTAURI-5 is a 3D-printed metal patch antenna satellite destined for an expected altitude of 531 km to orbit in the existing Centauri constellation operated by Fleet Space Technologies and Terran Orbital.
Centauri 5 adds capacity, reduces signal delay, and provides additional network redundancy to the Centauri smallsat constellation.
KBR acquired Centauri in 2020 for $800,000,000.
Fleet Space will ensure the continuity of the Centauri constellation in collaboration with Tyvak International and plans a launch by the close of 2022.
Gilmour Space Technologies has a contract to launch six Fleet Space Centauri nanosatellites on its Eris rockets in 2023.
Darren McKnight of Centauri presented a concluding talk at the Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies (AMOS) conference in Wailea, Hawaii on 2019-09-20.