CesiumAstro plans to launch its first Element satellite in October. Credit: CesiumAstro
SALT LAKE CITY — CesiumAstro plans to launch a satellite in October that will be a precursor to the company’s planned constellation of more than 700 spacecraft.
In a presentation at the Small Satellite Conference here Aug. 23, Dylan Pfeifer, principal software engineer at CesiumAstro, said the company’s Element-1 satellite will be shipped later this week to Vandenberg Space Force Base for launch on a SpaceX rideshare mission to sun-synchronous orbit in October.
The spacecraft is part of CesiumAstro’s push into satellite systems. The company has been best known for work on phased-array antennas but, in 2024, announced plans for Element, a satellite with a multibeam phased-array antenna.
“This satellite represents two years, day and night, of the dedicated push and effort of more than 70 employees at CesiumAstro,” he said.
