Wed, Jun 06, 2018
Astranis, Tesseract, Rocket Lab Join The Organization
The Commercial Spaceflight Federation, CSF, is pleased to welcome three new innovative companies as Associate members : Astranis, Tesseract, and Rocket Lab.
"The continually expanding membership and commitment to CSF’s goals is evidence of the unprecedented level of growth in the commercial space industry ," said Eric Stallmer, President of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation. "We are excited to have these three new organizations join our membership, and we’re looking forward to celebrating their unique and important contributions to our industry."
Astranis is a satellite company based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The company’s CEO, John Gedmark, is a former CSF Executive Director. Astranis plans on selling its low-cost geostationary satellites to telecommunication companies, helping them connect remote parts of the world. Read more about Astranis here.
Tesseract is a provider of cost effective propulsion components and systems for in-space applications spanning commercial Earth-orbiting satellites, robotic exploration missions, and human spaceflight. Tesseract designs and builds spacecraft propulsion hardware. The company supplies off the shelf thrusters, which may be purchased individually, integrated into multi-thruster modules, or incorporated into a complete turn-key propulsion system as required.
Rocket Lab develops lightweight, cost-effective commercial rocket launch services. Rocket Lab’s mission is to provide critical innovation to commercial space by providing frequent launch opportunities to low Earth orbit. Since its creation in 2006 by Peter Beck, Rocket Lab has delivered a range of complete rocket systems and technologies for fast and affordable payload deployment.
(Source: Commercial Spaceflight Federation news release)
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