| Name | Cesium Satellite |
|---|---|
| Type | CubeSat |
| Units or mass | 6U |
| Organisation | CesiumAstro |
| Institution | Company |
| Entity | Commercial |
| Nation | US |
| Launch brokerer | Parsons, Adaptive Launch Solutions |
| Oneliner |
Demonstrate active phased array and inter-satellite link payloads. |
| Description |
Cesium Satellite 1 and 2 are 6U CubeSats with Cesium Nightingale 1 active phased array and inter-satellite link payloads. The spacecrafts have a high-accuracy attitude system with a star tracker and a state-of-the-art electric propulsion system. Demonstrate proprietary hardware and software in addition to testing intersatellite links and Ka-band communications. Once the cubesats are in orbit, Cesium plans to demonstrate the performance of its Ka-band active phased array, software-defined radio and single-board computer, a device about the size of a credit card. In addition, the firm plans to conduct on-orbit experiments. Cesium is offering customers the ability to purchase time on the five-year Cesium Mission 1 to experiment with active phased array and intersatellite links. Customers have expressed interest, for example, in testing waveform switching, edge processing and communications link optimization |
| Sources | [1] [2] [3] [4] |
| Photo sources | [1] [2] |
| Keywords | Propulsion, Intersatellite links |
Related Spacecraft
| Name | Status | Launch | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cesium Satellite 1 (CM1, Cesium Mission 1, CS1) | Operational (Press release) | 2021-09-27 | 560 km, 97.7 deg |
| Cesium Satellite 2 (CM1, Cesium Mission 1, CS2) | Operational (Press release) | 2021-09-27 | 560 km, 97.7 deg |
Last modified: 2023-06-09
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