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CesiumAstro develops active phased array communication systems used across satellites, launch vehicles, and unmanned aerial systems.
ACTIVECesiumAstro builds software-defined communications systems, including active phased array payloads, across space, air and ground domains, and has expanded into full satellite missions for ISR and telecommunications.
CesiumAstro builds software-defined communications systems, including active phased array payloads, across space, air and ground domains, and has expanded into full satellite missions for ISR and telecommunications.
Not ranked: Only 44% of applicable weight is backed by data; 50% is needed to rank.
3 of 7 inputs measured · Insufficient data · 44% of applicable weight backed by data
Not measured: Headcount, Market value, Reported revenue
Not measured: Open-role change (90 days)
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6 private rounds on record. Debt, grants, state capital, owner funding and acquisitions are listed under Funding history by class and not added in.
Software-defined multi-beam active phased array communication system for space and airborne platforms.
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Compiled Nov 15, 2026 from 11 public records. Every figure links the record it comes from.
Space federal awards
4 awards, $5.0M obligated
Awards with activity since Oct 1, 2018, as searched Nov 6, 2026. Awarded Sep 27, 2018 to Sep 16, 2024; most from NASA (3 awards)
Counts awards the government's own product code or programme title marks as space work, or the space research industry code; the satellite-telecoms industry code counts only together with a space agency, office or a space word in the award's own description. Obligated dollars, not ceilings; umbrella contracts (IDVs) are left out because their orders are counted one by one. Amounts as USAspending reported them on Nov 6, 2026.
Source: USAspending.gov recipient profile (all awards, not only space)
Latest award Sep 16, 2024
Latest space award
$2.6M from DoD
PROVIDE THE AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY (AFRL) WITH THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A MEDIUM SIZED KA-BAND ACTIVE PHASED ARRAY (APA) SATCO...
Source: USAspending.gov award record
Awarded Sep 16, 2024
Form D notices
7 offerings reported on Form D
Latest filed Jun 9, 2026; first sale Feb 2, 2026; 2 of them last updated by an amendment (D/A)
Each offering counts once: a later amendment (Form D/A) replaces its original. Form D names no round label and no investors. Filings for a merger or SPAC deal are left out.
Sourced rounds on record
8 rounds, $1.16B disclosed
Every round has a disclosed amount
Published rounds with a source link only, on the same rules as the funding tracker. Each round links the source that states its figure; amounts in other currencies are converted to dollars at the rate shown on the funding tracker.
Department of Defense
1 space award, $2.6M obligated
USAspending.gov award record, Sep 16, 2024
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
3 space awards, $2.4M obligated
USAspending.gov award record, Sep 11, 2023
Led Series D (Nov 5, 2026)
APA
SpaceNexus. (2026, November 15). CesiumAstro: Company dossier [Data set]. Retrieved November 15, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/cesiumastro
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "CesiumAstro: Company dossier." Data as of November 15, 2026. Accessed November 15, 2026. https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/cesiumastro.
BibTeX
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author = {{SpaceNexus}},
title = {{CesiumAstro}: Company dossier},
year = {2026},
month = nov,
howpublished = {\url{https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/cesiumastro}},
url = {https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/cesiumastro},
urldate = {2026-11-15},
note = {Data as of 2026-11-15; each fact links its primary source}
}