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CesiumAstro

US
commercialFounded 2017
Austin, Texas, United States
cesiumastro.com
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CesiumAstro was awarded a contract through the Department of Defense’s Space Development Agency to advance the company’s multi-beam L-band active electronically scanned array antenna.

Mentioned as: CesiumAstroTechnical ProductMar 3, 2023CesiumAstro wins SDA Contract for Link 16 Antennas

CesiumAstro was awarded a contract through the Department of Defense’s Space Development Agency to advance the company’s multi-beam L-band active electronically scanned array antenna.

Mentioned as: CesiumAstroTechnical ProductMar 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.

Mentioned as: cesiumastroNarrative GovernanceMar 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.

Mentioned as: CesiumAstroTechnical ProductJan 19, 2023CesiumAstro acquires UK’s TXMission smallsat communications company

The acquisition provides a foundation for CesiumAstro to establish an office in the United Kingdom to grow its presence.

Mentioned as: CesiumAstroTechnical ProductJan 19, 2023CesiumAstro acquires UK’s TXMission smallsat communications company

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

Mentioned as: CesiumAstroTechnical ProductJan 18, 2023CesiumAstro Acquires UK-based SmallSat Communications Company TXMission

The acquisition of TXMission provides a foundation for CesiumAstro to establish an office in the United Kingdom.

Mentioned as: cesiumastroNarrative CapabilityJan 18, 2023CesiumAstro Acquires UK-based SmallSat Communications Company TXMission

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

Mentioned as: CesiumAstroNarrative GeneralJan 18, 2023CesiumAstro Acquires U.K. Startup TXMission

CesiumAstro’s UK office expansion is intended to expand the company’s ability to deliver mission-critical solutions to European customers and to gain access to high-skill talent and manufacturing capability in the region.

Mentioned as: CesiumAstroTechnical ProductJan 18, 2023CesiumAstro Acquires UK-based SmallSat Communications Company TXMission

The acquisition of TXMission expands CesiumAstro’s ability to deliver mission-critical solutions to its European customers and provides access to high-skill talent and manufacturing capability in the region.

Mentioned as: CesiumAstroNarrative GeneralJan 17, 2023CesiumAstro Acquires TXMission, a United Kingdom-based SmallSat Communications Company

CesiumAstro Inc. acquired TXMission Ltd. on 2023-01-17.

Mentioned as: CesiumAstroOrg RelationshipJan 17, 2023CesiumAstro Acquires TXMission, a United Kingdom-based SmallSat Communications Company

CesiumAstro was named to Built In’s '2022 Austin’s 50 Startups to Watch' list and to Built In’s '21 Austin Companies to Watch in 2021' list.

Mentioned as: CesiumAstroNarrative GeneralJan 11, 2023CesiumAstro Selected by Built In for Its Esteemed 2023 Best Places to Work Awards

CesiumAstro was honored in Built In’s 2023 Best Places to Work Awards in Austin, Colorado, and Los Angeles.

Mentioned as: CesiumAstroNarrative GeneralJan 11, 2023CesiumAstro Selected by Built In for Its Esteemed 2023 Best Places to Work Awards

The SBN-1 payloads will be developed at CesiumAstro’s facilities in Austin, Texas for integration in Saturn’s low-cost GEO platform, the Intelligent Space Node (ISN), in its partner’s Silicon Valley facilities.

Mentioned as: cesiumastroTechnical ProductDec 29, 2022Saturn Satellite Networks Selects CesiumAstro’s RF Payload for the Broadband Networks-1 Program

Saturn Satellite Networks selected CesiumAstro’s Vireo-GEO active phased array RF payload for Saturn’s Space BroadbandNetworks-1 (SBN-1).

Mentioned as: CesiumAstroTechnical ProductDec 29, 2022Saturn Satellite Networks Selects CesiumAstro’s RF Payload for the Broadband Networks-1 Program

CesiumAstro’s direct radiating array enables a small GEO platform to affordably deliver over 120 Gbps.

Mentioned as: cesiumastroTechnical ProductDec 29, 2022Saturn Satellite Networks Selects CesiumAstro’s RF Payload for the Broadband Networks-1 Program

Phased array antennas from Austin, Texas-based CesiumAstro will enable SBN-1 to provide high-throughput services at more than 120 gigabits per second.

Mentioned as: CesiumAstroOrg RelationshipDec 22, 2022Saturn Satellite Close to Secure $500 million for GEO Satellite Program

The SBN-1 satellites will use CesiumAstro’s direct radiating array to provide multi-beam connectivity in a power-optimized, thermally efficient configuration.

Mentioned as: CesiumAstroTechnical ProductDec 22, 2022Saturn Satellite Networks selects CesiumAstro’s RF payload for the Broadband Networks-1 program

CesiumAstro’s Vireo-GEO payload provides independently steerable and shapeable beams to enable enhanced quality of service.

Mentioned as: CesiumAstroTechnical ProductDec 22, 2022Saturn Satellite Networks selects CesiumAstro’s RF payload for the Broadband Networks-1 program

Saturn Satellite Networks selected CesiumAstro’s Vireo-GEO active phased array RF payload for the Space Broadband Networks-1 (SBN-1) program.

Mentioned as: CesiumAstroTechnical ProductDec 22, 2022Saturn Satellite Networks selects CesiumAstro’s RF payload for the Broadband Networks-1 program
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