Callisto (Celestia Technologies Group): Callisto is a highly specialized RF space communications technology company that designs and manufactures high-performance LNAs (Low Noise Amplifiers) and provides engineering services for satellite ground stations and deep space missions. As part of Celestia Technologies Group (CTG), it partners with major organizations like the European Space Agency (ESA) and focuses on deep space communications, radio astronomy, and satellite applications.
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JAXA confirmed in October 2024 that the Callisto program's flight-test campaign had been postponed to 2026 prior to this latest revision.
The inaugural flight of the Callisto reusable rocket demonstrator has been postponed from 2026 to 2027.
MaiaSpace's vehicle, a fully operational reusable rocket program, is likely to launch before Callisto, which is a demonstrator.
The Callisto demonstrator will stand 14 meters tall, 1.1 meters wide, and have a takeoff mass of 3,500 kilograms.
The Callisto flight-test campaign will include an integration phase followed by eight test flights and two demonstration flights over a period of eight months.
Current collaborative projects include the development of the reusable rocket 'CALLISTO' and the Mars exploration mission 'MMX'.
The ESA-funded, Airbus-built JUICE mission launched in April 2023 on an eight-year voyage to Ganymede, Callisto, and Europa.
During the 25.5-day Artemis I mission, Callisto was extensively tested from NASA’s Johnson Space Center by virtual crew members.
The Callisto payload was extensively tested from NASA’s Johnson Space Center by virtual crew members during the 25.5-day Artemis I mission.
JUICE is a program of the European Space Agency (ESA) designed to expand knowledge of the interactions between Jupiter and its icy moons Europa, Callisto, and Ganymede.
JUICE is equipped with 10 instruments, including cameras, an ice-penetrating radar, a radio-science experiment, and sensors for measuring altitude and other data to study magnetic fields and potentially ocean-bearing moons Ganymede, Europa, and Callisto.
Tianwen-4 will launch a pair of spacecraft towards Jupiter around 2030, with one entering orbit around Callisto and the other using a gravity assist to fly by Uranus.
In 2020 Callisto was awarded a five-year contract to upgrade the European Space Agency’s deep space antennas with the latest generation Callisto cryogenic receivers.
Lockheed Martin has been working with Amazon and Cisco on a project called Callisto that will be flown on the Artemis 1 mission launching no earlier than March.
Lockheed Martin signed a reimbursable Space Act Agreement with NASA in late 2018 to support testing and inclusion of Callisto on Artemis 1 and paid the costs associated with that work.
Callisto was developed by Lockheed Martin, Amazon, and Cisco using their own funding.
Celestia Technologies Group purchased French amplifier company Callisto in 2018.
Callisto was expected to launch in 2020 but will be too small to fly the reusable Prometheus engine planned for the same year.