ASTER Labs, Inc. and its personnel are often represented in the mainstream and industry-related press.

Below is a listing of several instances of press coverage of our company and people.

2017

1. -ASTER Labs is featured in an exclusive article about the many research programs currently within our company in an article by the Saint Paul Pioneer Press, which was picked up and reprinted by many outlets.
   

1. -The seventh annual Institute of Navigation’s Autonomous Snowplow Competition was held in January 2017 at the Saint Paul Winter Carnival. This year thirteen teams participated, as the competition continues to grow.
   

2016

1. -ASTER Labs is awarded a Phase I SBIR contract from National Institutes of Health and Center for Disease Control, entitled “Automated Dental Care Device for Persons with Oral Hygiene Disabilities”.
   

1. -Our company has become the software broker for Astos Solutions GmbH in the United States effective immediately.
   

1. -ASTER Labs is awarded a Phase I SBIR contract from National Institutes of Health, entitled “Miniature Passive Device for Locating Lost Dentures in Care Facilities”.
   

1. -Our company has become the exclusive reseller of GomSpace ApS CubeSat components and subsystems in the United States and Canada effective immediately.
   

1. -ASTER Labs is awarded a Phase I STTR contract from NASA, entitled “Satellite Swarm Localization and Control via Random Finite Set Statistics”.
   

1. -Our Research Scientist, Chuck Hisamoto, serves as Chair of Session B6: GN&C for Remote Robotics at the 2016 IEEE/ION PLANS 2016 in Savannah Georgia.
   

1. -The sixth annual Institute of Navigation’s Autonomous Snowplow Competition was held in January 2016 at the Saint Paul Winter Carnival. This year ten teams participated and including an international team from the University of British Columbia.
   
   

2015

1. -ASTER Labs is awarded a Phase I SBIR contract from National Institutes of Health, entitled “Precise Automatic Nail Trimmer to Aid Foot Care of the Elderly”.
   
   

2. -Our Research Scientist, Chuck Hisamoto, presents on “Applications and Mission Scenarios using Pulsar Based Navigation” at the 593rd
   WE-Heraeus Seminar in Bad Honnef, Germany.
   

1. -Our CEO, Dr. Suneel I. Sheikh, is honoured as an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
   

1. -The fifth annual Institute of Navigation’s Autonomous Snowplow Competition was held in January 2015 at the Saint Paul Winter Carnival. This year eight teams participated and included the first international team from the University of Calgary.
   
   

2014

1. -ASTER Labs is awarded a Phase I SBIR contract from National Institutes of Health, entitled “Accurate WiFi-Based Localization of Dementia Patients For Caregiver Support”.
   

1. -ASTER Labs is awarded a Phase I Select SBIR contract from NASA, entitled “Deep Space CubeSat Gamma-Ray Navigation Technology Demonstration”.
   

1. -ASTER Labs is awarded a Phase I SBIR contract from NASA, entitled “Integrated Spacecraft Navigation and Communication Using Radio, Optical, and X-rays”.
   

1. -The fourth annual Institute of Navigation’s Autonomous Snowplow Competition was held in January 2014 at the Saint Paul Winter Carnival. This year eight teams participated and competition was intense.
   
   

2013

1. -Our CEO, Dr. Suneel I. Sheikh, is featured as part of an AIAA-ARCS newsletter article profiling Ms. Mary Snitch.
   

1. -ASTER Labs launches two new software tools for use in MATLAB. The GPS Visibility software provides users the capability of predicting which satellites are available during a set observation time. The Aptus software provides users full 3-D attitude representations and determines the orientation parameters for changes from one attitude to the next.
   
   

2. -Our Research Scientist, Chuck Hisamoto, presents our newly researched concept of “Spacecraft Navigation Using Celestial Gamma-Ray Sources” at the 23rd Space Flight Mechanics Meeting in February.
   
   

3. -ASTER Labs’ on-going X-ray pulsar navigation research is featured in the February 2013 volume of NASA Tech Briefs.
   
   

4. -The third annual Institute of Navigation’s Autonomous Snowplow Competition was held in January 2013 at the Saint Paul Winter Carnival. This year eight teams participated and competition was keen.
   
   

2012

1. -ASTER Labs is awarded a Phase I SBIR contract from NASA, entitled “Advanced Spacecraft Navigation and Timing Using Celestial Gamma-Ray Sources”
   
   

2. -The second annual Institute of Navigation’s Autonomous Snowplow Competition was held in January 2012 at the Saint Paul Winter Carnival. Again with six college teams participating, the event was very successful.
   
   

2011

1. -The first annual Institute of Navigation’s Autonomous Snowplow Competition was held in January 2011 at the Saint Paul Winter Carnival. It was a very successful event, with six college teams participating.
   
   

2010

1. -A new version of Orbitus ED, an orbit visualization MATLAB tool, is released. This
   version 1.1 provides additional capabilities and tools.
   
   

1. -Our CEO, Dr. Suneel I. Sheikh, helps create and develop the Institute of Navigation’s Autonomous Snowplow Competition. The first event for this competition is held in January 2010 at the Saint Paul Winter Carnival.
   
   

2009

1. -Our CEO, Dr. Suneel I. Sheikh, was chosen by GPS World magazine as part of their
   50 GNSS Leaders to Watch. His Ph.D. advisor, Professor Darryll J. Pines, was also selected for this prestigious recognition.
   
   

2008

1. -Our CEO, Dr. Suneel I. Sheikh, and Daedalus Flight Systems colleague, Dr. Paul Samuel, are featured in a University of Maryland Diamondback article on aerospace engineering alumni founding research companies
   
   

2. -Current research in the area of spacecraft navigation using X-ray sources is presented in the Institute of Navigation Winter 2007-2008 newsletter.
   
   

3. -CEO & Chief Research Scientist, Suneel I. Sheikh, is featured in SpaceNews 50th anniversary of spaceflight article on Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Foundation article (April 2, 2008 issue).
   

2007

1. -CEO & Chief Research Scientist, Suneel I. Sheikh, and his Ph.D. advisor, Professor Darryll J. Pines receives Institute of Navigation Burka Award for their research journal article on X-ray navigation.
   
   

2. -ASTER Labs, Inc. is mentioned as part of the list of new companies joining the Maryland Space Business Roundtable organization.
   

2004

1. -CEO & Chief Research Scientist, Suneel I. Sheikh, and his Ph.D. advisor, Professor Darryll J. Pines are featured in the University of Maryland Engineering @ Maryland magazine discussing their new concept for their spacecraft navigation using X-ray celestial sources research.
   

2003

1. -CEO & Chief Research Scientist, Suneel I. Sheikh, and his Ph.D. advisor, Professor Darryll J. Pines win the University of Maryland’s Invention of the Year award for their spacecraft navigation using X-ray celestial sources research.