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CesiumAstro

US
commercialFounded 2017
Austin, Texas, United States
cesiumastro.com
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CesiumAstro was awarded a contract by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center on 2024-07-29 to develop critical navigation technology for future lunar missions.

ORG RELATIONSHIP7/29/2024CesiumAstro to Power Lunar Navigation With NASA Contract for LunaNet Technology

CesiumAstro has raised $156,000,000 in equity since its founding in 2017, including $60,000,000 from an initial Series B funding round two years ago.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL6/18/2024CesiumAstro banks another $65 million

CesiumAstro has raised $156,000,000 in equity capital since its founding in 2017.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL6/18/2024CesiumAstro Secures $65M in Oversubscribed Funding Round

CesiumAstro raised $65,000,000 in a Series B+ investment round announced on 2024-06-18.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL6/18/2024CesiumAstro banks another $65 million

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.

ORG RELATIONSHIP10/18/2023CesiumAstro Awarded NASA Contract to Assess SatCom Capabilities

Wayne Phelps is Director of Business Development at CesiumAstro and is a retired Marine Corps UAS pilot.

NARRATIVE CAPABILITY6/18/2023CesiumAstro awarded million$ USAF contract to demo SATCOM on MQ-9A Reaper

CesiumAstro has been awarded a $3,600,000 contract led by AFWERX through the Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) program.

ORG RELATIONSHIP6/18/2023CesiumAstro awarded million$ USAF contract to demo SATCOM on MQ-9A Reaper

Wayne Phelps is Director of Business Development at CesiumAstro and is a retired Marine Corps UAS pilot.

NARRATIVE CAPABILITY6/18/2023CesiumAstro awarded million$ USAF contract to demo SATCOM on MQ-9A Reaper

CesiumAstro was awarded a $3,600,000 contract led by AFWERX through the Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) program.

ORG RELATIONSHIP6/16/2023CesiumAstro Partners with U.S. Air Force in $3.6M Program to Demonstrate Satellite Communications Terminal on MQ-9A Reaper

CesiumAstro will begin demonstrations of its in-flight active phased array technology through 2023 and 2024 with testing moving from the ground to an Airbus helicopter.

NARRATIVE PLAN3/16/2023CesiumAstro Unveils New In-Flight Connectivity System with Planned Airbus Demonstrations

CesiumAstro will begin demonstrations of its in-flight active phased array technology through 2023 and 2024 with testing progressing from ground trials to an Airbus helicopter.

NARRATIVE PLAN3/14/2023CesiumAstro Unveils In-Flight Connectivity Satcom Terminal with Airbus

Trey Pappas is Vice President of Business Development at CesiumAstro and is a retired Marine Corps aviation officer.

NARRATIVE CAPABILITY3/2/2023CesiumAstro Wins SDA Award to Advance Multi-Beam, L-Band Active Electronically Steerable Array Antenna Development

Trey Pappas is Vice President of Business Development at CesiumAstro and is a retired Marine Corps aviation officer.

NARRATIVE CAPABILITY3/2/2023CesiumAstro Wins SDA Award to Advance Multi-Beam, L-Band Active Electronically Steerable Array Antenna Development

CesiumAstro acquired TXMission Ltd., a United Kingdom-based communications company.

ORG RELATIONSHIP1/19/2023CesiumAstro acquires UK’s TXMission smallsat communications company

CesiumAstro acquired TXMission Ltd., a United Kingdom-based communications company.

ORG RELATIONSHIP1/19/2023CesiumAstro acquires UK’s TXMission smallsat communications company

CesiumAstro acquired TXMission, a U.K. company that develops software-defined radios and modems.

ORG RELATIONSHIP1/18/2023CesiumAstro Acquires U.K. Startup TXMission

CesiumAstro will develop the SBN-1 payloads at its facilities in Austin, Texas.

NARRATIVE PLAN12/22/2022Saturn Satellite Networks selects CesiumAstro’s RF payload for the Broadband Networks-1 program

CesiumAstro secured $60,000,000 in an oversubscribed Series B funding round co-led by Airbus Ventures and Forever Ventures with strategic participation from L3Harris Technologies.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL3/20/2022CesiumAstro Secures $60 Million in Oversubscribed Series B Funding

CesiumAstro is set to deploy several additional assets into space later 2022 with targeted launch dates to be announced.

TECHNICAL PRODUCT3/20/2022CesiumAstro Secures $60 Million in Oversubscribed Series B Funding

CesiumAstro will deploy several additional assets into space later 2022.

NARRATIVE PLAN3/2/2022Oversubscribed Series B Funding Delivers Million$$ To CesiumAstro
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