SATELLITE MANUFACTURING · OPERATOR PROFILE · DATA AS OF 2026-06-10

CesiumAstro

Active Satellite Manufacturing Private HQ: Austin, Texas Founded 2017

Austin-based active phased-array payload and avionics maker expanding into full satellites, reportedly supplying arrays for defense and SpaceX-adjacent programs. Its Feb 2026 growth financing totals $470M - $270M equity (Trousdale-led) plus a $200M Export-Import Bank debt package inside that total, not additive - funding Texas manufacturing expansion.

45.8

ARI Composite

High Risk

#40 of 56

Peer Rank

Manufacturing cohort

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Total Launches

No flights tracked

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Estimated valuation

Not disclosed

FINANCIAL HEALTH

45.8

ARI composite · High Risk

Peer rank#40 of 56

Peer groupManufacturing

Data coverage75%

Tracked gov contracts$647.0K across 1 awards

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CAPITAL & CREDIT PROFILE

Government capital

$647.0K lifetime tracked obligations across 1 awards — top agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration ($647.0K) (strict id-matched; unattributed award rows are excluded). Explore grants →
Source: USAspending.gov award obligations matched to this company. Obligations, not recognized revenue.

SECTOR POSITION

Primary sectorSatellite Manufacturing

Rank within sector#40 of 56

Tracked peers56

REGISTRY DATA

Legal nameCesiumAstro, Inc.

OwnershipPrivate

HeadquartersAustin, Texas

CountryUS

Founded2017

AliasesCesiumAstro, Cesium Astro

Key programsActive phased-array payloads, Texas phased-array manufacturing facility, Bee Cave HQ campus

Gov customersNASA, Texas Space Commission (SEARF)

Last fundingGrowth round, $470M total: $270M equity + $200M EXIM debt (Feb 2026)

IPO statusPrivate

Source: space_company_registry.json · Operator homepage → · Via Satellite documents the $470M growth capital (Feb 2026); EXIM $200M is inside the total per verification pass.

METHODOLOGY

Launch history and subsystem outcomes aggregate from AstraVeris's launch_events table with Wilson 95% lower bounds on success rates. ARI scores come from the 11-factor composite (/finance/methodology/). Constellation counts derive from the live CelesTrak/GCAT object catalog. Gov contracts from USAspending.gov awards; private deals from deduplicated pipeline deal extraction. Absence of a row means "not tracked" — we never fabricate. See /methodology/ for the full data model and /data-licensing/ for licensing terms.

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