Advanced Space Awarded SBIR Phase II Contract to Develop Communications Relay and PNT Capabilities for NASA

The two-year project will investigate modular mission architectures that facilitate communication services for spacecraft traveling to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.  Westminster, CO (July 8, 2025) NASA has awarded Advanced Space a follow-on Phase II Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) contract to develop design reference missions (DRMs) for Communication, Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (CPNT) capabilities compatible with…

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CAPSTONE™ To Host Additional Experiments to Support Technology Shortfalls for Cislunar Space 

The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE™) is expanding its critical experiments to support technology needs in cislunar space.  WESTMINSTER, CO, 2 April, 2025 – Advanced Space is expanding the CAPSTONE™ program in collaboration with NASA to host a new suite of experiments. These onboard experiments will further demonstrate spacecraft autonomy,…

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Advanced Space Funded by the Space Force to Build Trusted Assurance for Satellite Autonomy 

Advanced Space is studying artificial intelligence / machine learning algorithms to improve trusted autonomous operations of spacecraft for the full life cycle of a mission. WESTMINSTER, CO, November 7, 2024 — Space assets are almost completely operated from the ground. The United States Space Force (USSF) needs its spacecraft to make more autonomous decisions in…

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Advanced Space to Extend the CAPSTONE Mission with NASA

The award prolongs the CAPSTONE™ mission. CAPSTONE™ is currently flying at the Moon and recently marked its 100th orbit in the near-rectilinear halo orbit (NRHO). WESTMINSTER, CO, 6 October 2024 – Advanced Space’s pioneering Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE™) satellite completed its original 18-month mission for NASA this spring and…

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Advanced Space Awarded Contract to Support Phase 1 of the Enterprise Space Terminal Program

WESTMINSTER, CO, 11 September, 2024—Advanced Space, a leading space tech solutions company, was awarded a contract from General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) in support of Phase 1 of the Enterprise Space Terminal (EST) for the U.S. Space Force’s (USSF), Space Systems Command (SSC). The EST program will increase the mission effectiveness of future Department of…

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Advanced Space Learning Lessons Testing Software Aboard CAPSTONE™ Spacecraft

WESTMINSTER, CO, 15 August 2024 – The CAPSTONE satellite after completing its primary navigation and Near Rectilinear Halo Orbit (NRHO) mission continues to be an on-orbit test platform to experiment with critical technologies needed for future cislunar missions. Advanced Space is using CAPSTONE to test multiple autonomous capabilities. The first experiments performed on CAPSTONE tested…

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Advanced Space Selected for Two NASA SBIR Phase II Awards

WESTMINSTER, CO, 13 June 2024 — Advanced Space LLC., a leading space tech solutions company, is pleased to announce that NASA has selected two of our Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) projects to proceed to Phase II for further development.  “We are grateful for these selections as we appreciate the trust NASA continues to place…

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Advanced Space Hires Charlie Crouse as Business Development & Sales Lead 

WESTMINSTER, CO, 30 May 2024 Advanced Space, LLC, a leading space technology solutions company, announces Charlie Crouse has been hired to be the Lead of Business Development and Sales. With a distinguished career in military intelligence operations and the aerospace industry, Charlie brings a wealth of experience and strategic vision to the team.  Charlie Crouse joins…

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