https://spacewatch.global/tag/shey-sabripour/ 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/shey-sabripour/ 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/2023/03/cesiumastro-wins-sda-award-to-advance-aesa-development/ Fri, 03 Mar 2023 07:00:02 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=46998 Shey SabripourCesiumAstro has announced that it won a contract through the Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) Space Development Agency (SDA) to advance the company’s multi-beam L-band active electronically scanned array (AESA) antenna. Building upon prior efforts, CesiumAstro will continue developing the Link 16–compatible AESA ahead of the agency’s migration to the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) global satellite network, the LEO-based satellite constellation built to enable key DoD space capabilities.]]>