State of the Art

We provide the best possible engineering solutions that are innovative, robust and precisely tailored to satify the user's requirements.

In Cilium, science, engineering and passion work together thanks to a team of ambitious creators representing: astronomy and astrophysics, computer science, electronics, and mechanical engineering.

End-to-end small observatory development
Design of electro-mechanical components
Project support in instrumental undertakings, requirements’ development
Data reduction from CCD / CMOS cameras – algorithms: photometry, astrometry
Distributed and embedded systems in remote locations
Registration of space objects’ trajectories in orbit and during deorbit - both in 2D and in 3D (triangulation)

European Space Agency: 5 completed projects, 1 on-going
Polish Space Agency: 4 completed projects, 2 on-going
Operation and maintenance of astronomical observatories and sensors
Worldwide sensor deployment
Working with domestic and foreign entities
Logistics and contractual matters

Global Presence

80+

Cameras deployed worldwide

13

Romote locations

1.2M

LEO satellite mesurement points per night

19

Deployed sensors

Optical Triangulation Systems

Easy to deploy, real-time,high cadence, fully autonomous optical systems designed to detect moving objects from 80 to 2000+ km altitude. 3D position and velocity state vectors are derived directly from observations in the Visual band and Near-IR (coming soon).

Observatory Solutions

Autonomous observatory design, deployment and commissioning. Turnkey roll-off or dome solutions for space surveillance and tracking, time-domain astronomy and astrophysics. Multiband telescope arrays for spectroscopy, photometry and astrometry.

Instrument Design

Mechanical design of astronomical instrumentation: tip/tilt stages, telescope arrays, components for polarymetry and spectroscopy. Design of control electronics and dedicated software. 3D prototyping, integration, production and deployment.

Dedicated Software

Dedicated software developmnet team for microcontrollers, industrial PLCs, optimized edge computing sofware for real-time image processing and remote operation. Cloud-based data processing system, front-end, data analysis and calibration.

OUR TEAM