SPACE INDEX
CesiumAstro logo CesiumAstro Designs, manufactures, and integrates software-defined phased array communications systems, payloads, and satellites for space, airborne, and ground platforms vs Hughes Hughes provides satellite broadband services and network equipment for consumers, businesses, governments, and defense Hughes logo
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CesiumAstro Hughes
Founded 2017
Headquarters Austin, Texas United States
Type private private
Status operating operating
Employees 318
Total funding $710.2M
Latest round Series C
Sectors Satellite Components & Subsystems, Satellite Communications, Satellite Manufacturing Satellite Communications, Ground Segment & Networks, Satellite Manufacturing
Products listed 15 57
Federal contracts 20 ($510K)
Launches
Leaders listed Shey Sabripour, Kenneth Smith, Chris Pappas III Dinesh Kandiya, Homayoun Hamedani, Kaan Bozdag
News mentions 26 1
SHARED SECTORS
FREQUENTLY ASKED
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How do CesiumAstro and Hughes compare?

Both companies work in Satellite Communications, Satellite Manufacturing. CesiumAstro was founded in 2017 and Hughes has no disclosed founding year.
02

Which has more US federal contracts, CesiumAstro or Hughes?

Hughes has been awarded more, with $510K across 20 awards.

Numbers refresh on every render against the live Space Index database. Federal contract data from USAspending.gov; launches from LaunchLibrary2.