https://spacewatch.global/tag/cesiumastro/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Wed, 04 Feb 2026 11:19:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/cesiumastro/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2026/02/cesiumastro-closes-470m-in-series-c-capital-for-rapid-u-s-growth-in-2026/ Wed, 04 Feb 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=70912 CesiumAstro Inc. has secured $470 million in growth capital as it seeks to cement its position as a mission-critical provider of next-generation space and defense communications. The funding includes $270 million in equity alongside a $200 million financing package from the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) and J.P. Morgan. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/10/cesiumastro-awarded-nasa-contract/ Thu, 19 Oct 2023 06:00:18 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=51808 CesiumAstro, engineer and manufacturer of communication modules, payloads, and satellites, announced on the 18th of October it has been awarded a contract by NASA. Under the contract CesiumAstro will perform a wideband satellite communications capability study to further the agency’s long-term goal of a smooth transition to fully commercialised communications services for near-Earth users. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/03/cesiumastro-unveils-ifc-terminal-with-airbus-demonstrations/ Tue, 14 Mar 2023 07:00:13 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=47197 CesiumAstro has announced its entry into the in-flight connectivity (IFC) market, providing an advanced multi-beam active phased array for airborne satellite communications applications. As a designer of active phased array technology for low-Earth orbit (LEO) space, CesiumAstro will provide the multi-beam phased array supporting multiple Ka-band constellations for airborne commercial and defense markets.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/01/cesiumastro-acquires-smallsat-communications-company-txmission/ Wed, 18 Jan 2023 07:00:29 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=46051 Active phased array communications technology company, CesiumAstro has acquired United Kingdom-based communications company TXMission. Founded in 2018, TXMission develops software-defined radios and modems for satellites, ground stations, HAPS (high-altitude platform systems), and airborne platforms.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/12/saturn-satellite-networks-selects-cesiumastro-for-sbn-1-program/ Wed, 21 Dec 2022 07:00:29 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=45577 Saturn Satellite Networks has selected CesiumAstro’s Vireo-GEO active phased array RF payload for Saturn’s Space BroadbandNetworks-1 (SBN-1). The SBN-1 program consists of 6 high-throughput geostationary satellites (HTSs) that will provide satellite-based internet access services to satellite operators, capacity resellers, internet service providers, and end users.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/11/e2mc-update-on-space-financing-rounds-in-october-2020/ Wed, 04 Nov 2020 09:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=27767&preview=true&preview_id=27767