ASTER Labs, Inc.

ASTER Labs, Inc. is an aerospace engineering research and services firm. Its full name is Advanced Space and Technology Research Laboratories. The company says it works closely with clients to understand their challenges and goals. Its main work is government and commercial navigation and control research.

The company says it has several decades of experience in navigation technologies for space, air, sea and land vehicles, and personal navigation systems. Its staff hold patents on navigation technologies, including GPS technologies, atomic clock technologies, and deep space navigation using X-ray and gamma-ray celestial sources.

Other services include concept and prototype development, sensor development, and analysis and testing. Sensor work covers inertial measurement units, medical sensors and personal navigation aids. Analysis covers system modeling and simulation, component design and testing, filter design, and spacecraft orbit design.

ASTER Labs also builds custom software in MATLAB, Python, Ada, C and C++, and Fortran. It develops mobile apps for iOS and Android. It sells MATLAB software tools for orbit analysis, spacecraft attitude visualization and GPS satellite visibility. Its DGPS testing system can test equipment and track positions with accuracy as fine as a centimeter.

The company sells CubeSat nanosatellite systems and mission analysis software called ASTOS. It also owns, operates and leases several single engine aircraft for pilot training, pilot proficiency and recreation. The aircraft have helped the company understand and develop aerospace systems.

Services

• Concept and prototype development
• Navigation technologies
• Sensor development
• Analysis and testing
• Mobile app development
• Custom software development
• Commercial software tools
• DGPS testing services
• CubeSat components
• Aircraft leasing