Milestones
2008
Bradley Cheetham and Darrell David Cain connect through Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS)
January 2010
GEO Parker Transfer invented
2010-2011
Founding team (Bradley Cheetham, Darrell David Cain, Jeffrey Parker, and Scott Washburn) works to establish the company
2011
Company formally established as Geryon Space Technologies
2012
Darrell David Cain passes away
2013
Scott Washburn departs the company
December 2013
Company formally established as Advanced Space, LLC
2015
Company moves into Boulder, CO offices
June 2017
Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System (CAPS) Phase I SBIR - Awarded by NASA
November 2018
SLALOM Phase I SBIR - Proof of concept for low-altitude GN&C algorithms
September 2019
Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) - Mission Funded (Phase III SBIR Award) - First commercial cislunar spacecraft demonstrating 3-body navigation and operations
2019
SLALOM Phase II SBIR - Prototype software and simulations used to validate algorithms
July 2020
Emirates Mars Mission - Spacecraft launch - Advanced Space contributed to mission design
Neural Networks for Enhanced Planning (NNEP) Phase II SBIR - Project Awarded - Automating and correcting spacecraft trajectory planning
November 2020
Company purchases and moves into facility in Westminster, CO
August 2021
Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (EscaPADE) mission - Program awarded - Advanced Space contributing to mission design
October 2021
SigmaZero Phase A - Project Awarded - Helping IARPA develop navigation algorithms to identify spacecraft anomalies in the absence of human intervention
May 2022
CAPSTONE - Advanced Space Operations Center (ASOC) passes Mission Operational Readiness Review to support CAPSTONE mission
July 2022
CAPSTONE - Successful launch - Low-energy ballistic lunar transfer (BLT) used to get to the Moon
SigmaZero Phase B - Project Awarded - Helping IARPA develop navigation algorithms to identify spacecraft anomalies in the absence of human intervention
August 2022
NNEP, SBIR Phase III - Project Awarded - Automating and correcting spacecraft trajectory planning
November 2022
CAPSTONE spacecraft lunar orbit insertion
Oracle - Program Awarded - First AFRL experimental mission for cislunar space situational awareness (SSA), located at Earth-Moon L1 Lagrange Point
Advanced Space moves into the new building in Westminster, CO
August 2023
IARPA Space Debris Identification and Tracking (SINTRA) - Program Awarded - Characterizing, tracking, and cataloging small space debris (<10 cm) using AI/ML
Contingency Analysis for Low-thrust Missions (CALM) Phase I SBIR - SBIR Awarded - Developing mission design planning tool to mitigate missed-thrust events
Satellite Collision and Risk Assessment using Machine learning (SCRAM) Phase I SBIR - SBIR Awarded - Using neural networks to predict and avoid orbital debris collisions safely
June 2024
CALM Phase II SBIR - SBIR Awarded - Developing mission design planning tool to mitigate missed-thrust events
SCRAM Phase II SBIR - SBIR Awarded - Using neural networks to predict and avoid orbital debris collisions safely
October 2024
CAPSTONE - Mission Extended - Performing autonomy, communications, SSA, & operations experiments
Advanced Transfer & Relay Stage Phase I SBIR - SBIR Awarded - Investigating use of launch vehicle transfer stages as communication and PNT relays for interplanetary SmallSats
November 2024
Company expands into building 2
July 2025
Advanced Transfer & Relay Stage Phase II SBIR - SBIR Awarded - Investigating communication and PNT relays for the Moon and Mars