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CROSS TRAC ENGINEERING, INC.

Mountain View, CA · Aerospace · Private

Precision Star Scanner, a miniature attitude determination sensor for CubeSats using star-tracking optics to achieve arcminute-level attitude accuracy in a package smaller than half a 1U CubeSat modul

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Sector
Aerospace
Headquarters
Mountain View, CA
Total capital
$3M
Federal grants
$950K
3 awards · 2018–2023
Rank in peer group#13 of 13
Private capital raised
None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts
$2M
7 awards · NASA
Rank in Aerospace#477 of 1335
Granted patents
None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.

Capital timeline

2011201320152017201920212023FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $3M$125K$1.1M$750K$325K$150K$148K
2011201520192023FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $3M$1.1M$750K$325K$150K

Latest events

  • Federal contractNASA · STTR Phase III - Optical Intersatellite Communications For Cubesat Swarms$148K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Precision Scanning Star Tracker for Spin Stabilized Spacecraft$150K
  • Federal contractNASA · Optical Intersatellite Communications For Cubesat Swarms$325K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · X-ray Pulsar Augmented GPS Navigation in Cislunar Space$50K
  • Federal contractNASA · Optical Precision Navigation, Timing And Communications.system For Small Spacecraft Swarms$125K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Optical Intersatellite Communications for CubeSat Swarms$750K
  • Federal contractNASA · The Growing Interest In Cubesat Swarm And Constellation Systems By NASA, The Department Of Defense And Commercial Ventures Has Created A Need For Self-managed Inter-satellite Networks Capable Of Handling Large Amount Of Data While Simultaneously Precisely Synchronizing Time And Measuring The Distances Between The Spacecraft. Crosstrac Engineering, Inc., In Cooperation With Our Partners Professor Kerri Cahoy Of The Massachusetts Institute Of Technology And Mr. Paul Graven Of Cateni, Inc., Propose$1.1M
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  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf The Growing Interest In Cubesat Swarm And Constellation Systems By NASA, The Department Of Defense And Commercial Ventures Has Created A Need For Self-managed Inter-satellite Networks Capable Of Handling Large Amount Of Data While Simultaneously Precisely Measuring The Distances Between The Spacecraft. Crosstrac Engineering, Inc., In Cooperation With Our Partners Professor Kerri Cahoy Of The Massachusetts Institute Of Technology And Mr. Paul Graven Of Cateni, Inc., Proposes To Deve$125K
  • Federal contractNASA · Crosstrac Engineering, In Cooperation With Its Subcontractors Dr. Suneel Sheikh Of Aster Labs, Inc, And Mr. Paul Graven Of Cateni, Inc., Proposes To Develop A Next Generation Star Tracker Capable Of Measuring The Attitude Of A Spacecraft With Mill-arcsecond Accuracy. This Unprecedented Improvement In Star Tracker Accuracy Is Achieved By Tracking A Single, Bright Guide Star In The Deep Ultraviolet To Soft X-ray Bands (1 Ev To 10 Kev) Using A Differential Measurement Of Guide Star Offset Angle. Th$125K
  • Federal contractNASA · Recent Advances In The Design Of Microsatellites Have Led To Renewed Interest In The Missions That Can Be Flown With Small Spacecraft And Small Payloads. The Cubesat Platform And The Plug-and-play Concept Have Prompted The Development Of Attitude Determination Hardware Typical Of Larger, More Sophisticated, Three Axis Stabilized Spacecraft, Including Miniature Gyroscopes And Star Cameras. The X-ray Star Scanner Is A New Class Of Attitude Sensor, Designed To Support Precision Spin-stabilized Cube$99K

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Aerospace · Satellite · Instrument

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What it has protected

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Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026

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