en.Wedoany.com Reported - CesiumAstro has filed an application with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to deploy a 737-satellite constellation named Synchronicity, designed to provide reconfigurable connectivity services for fixed and mobile satellite users.
CesiumAstro, headquartered in Austin, Texas, specializes in manufacturing software-defined radios, phased arrays, and processor systems, and has ventured into end-to-end satellite missions. Last year, the company unveiled a reconfigurable satellite platform called Element, and this application marks its first disclosure of plans to launch its own constellation.
According to the FCC filing submitted on July 6, the company requests to deploy the Synchronicity constellation in two batches—one at an orbital altitude of 1,200 kilometers and the other at 1,100 kilometers. The constellation will operate in the Ku, Ka, and V bands. Cesium has requested the FCC to grant the license by January 6, 2027.
The company stated that Synchronicity is designed to provide a "flexible and technologically differentiated" Fixed Satellite Service (FSS) system in non-geostationary orbit (NGSO), supporting fixed and mobile users in enterprise, government, industrial, mobile, and specialized commercial environments. CesiumAstro noted that one of the constellation's core advantages lies in the company's vertical integration capabilities, as well as its reconfigurable processing systems and phased array technology. In the filing, CesiumAstro stated that it designs satellites, phased arrays, processors, waveforms, software, and artificial intelligence traffic optimization tools in-house, enabling communication links to be engineered as a unified platform that can adjust waveforms, beam configurations, and frequency schemes based on geographic, mission, or customer requirements.
The filing also outlined CesiumAstro's user terminal strategy. Synchronicity will support both terminals manufactured by CesiumAstro and compatible terminals from other vendors, offering customers choice and supporting a broad ecosystem of device manufacturers, integrators, and service providers. According to the filing, this approach will enable CesiumAstro to address business-to-business, government, mobile, industrial, and specialized commercial applications without forcing all customers to adopt a single device model.
Previously, CesiumAstro raised $270 million in a Series C funding round earlier this year, in addition to $200 million in financing from the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM). The company is building a new 270,000-square-foot campus near Austin, Texas, to integrate engineering, electronics manufacturing, and the production of satellites and key technologies.
