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LightRidge Solutions will absorb Geost Inc., a space sensor provider acquired by ATL Partners in 2021.
Geost Inc. is based in Tucson, Arizona and develops space situational awareness payloads for Department of Defense and U.S. intelligence agencies.
Geost won two U.S. Space Force contracts in 2021 worth $38,000,000 to develop an optical sensor payload for satellites in geostationary orbit.
GEOST provides affordable, high-performance space payloads designed for small size, weight, and power.
GEOST is providing the space situational awareness payload for the QS-1 spacecraft.
GEOST will provide payloads to the QS-1 partnership.
QS-1 will include partners GEOST, LLC and Blue Canyon Technologies.
GEOST, LLC will develop the purpose-built QS-1 space domain awareness sensor.
QS-1 will include partners GEOST, LLC and Blue Canyon Technologies.
GEOST, LLC will develop the purpose-built QS-1 space domain awareness sensor.
The QS-1 spacecraft will carry a space situational awareness payload provided by GEOST.
ATL Partners took a majority stake in GEOST in August 2021 and plans to scale GEOST’s business by investing in new product research and development and enhanced production capabilities.
GEOST’s payload is scheduled to be ready to launch in 2023.
GEOST seeks a production contract after its payload launches in 2023 and demonstrates its capabilities.
GEOST is a small company based in Tucson, Arizona that won two U.S. Space Force contracts totaling $38,000,000 to develop an optical sensor payload to scan the geostationary belt more than 22,0 m above Earth.
GEOST’s actual optical sensor payload cost is less than $10,000,000.
The two contracts awarded to GEOST consisted of $6,000,000 in November 2020 and $32,000,000 in December 2021 and include design and development of the sensor, ground infrastructure, technical support, and integration with the host platform and launch vehicle.
ATL intends to use GEOST as a platform to invest in industry-leading technology and capabilities in the space domain that address the national security needs of the United States and its allies.
Since 2004, GEOST has focused on providing optical systems and solutions to support the intelligence community’s national security efforts in space.
Geost plans to invest in engineering capacity in Tucson and Washington and is evaluating additional offices in Colorado Springs, Huntsville, and Albuquerque.