Cosmic Shielding
Cosmic Systems Inc. provides radiation-protected enclosures and shielding built on its proprietary Plasteel® technology, enabling commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) electronics like GPUs and storage to operate reliably in space. The company's solutions reduce radiation-induced single event effects by up to 10x and extend mission life by up to 7x compared to unshielded systems, cutting lead times and mass for satellite builders.
- New Materials
- Space Technology
- Hardware
- Defense Tech
Funding
Raised to date
$5.1MRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
across 3 rounds
BCHCSVSVUS+1$4M · Grant
Announced Oct 2025 · from article date
Disclosed cumulative: $5.1M
Founders
Founder details are not available yet.
Product
Problem
Spacecraft designers face a critical trade-off between using radiation-hardened components, which are expensive and underpowered, and commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) electronics, which are powerful but highly susceptible to radiation-induced errors and failures in orbit. This limits the performance and capability of space missions while driving up costs and development timelines.
Solution
Cosmic Shielding Corporation provides radiation-protected solutions built on its proprietary Plasteel® technology, enabling the reliable use of COTS hardware in space. The company offers a range of products, from ready-to-integrate VPX enclosures and NVMe shields to fully custom designs, all of which protect GPUs, storage, sensors, and other electronics from the harsh space radiation environment. Plasteel® significantly reduces single event effects (SEE) and extends mission life, allowing teams to deploy high-performance, off-the-shelf hardware without redesigning their system architecture. This approach cuts lead times, reduces mass, and delivers substantial cost savings compared to traditional rad-hard systems.
Target Audience
Primary customers are satellite manufacturers, defense contractors, and space agencies seeking to deploy high-performance COTS electronics, including AI-capable GPUs, FPGAs, and sensors, in orbit for Earth observation, communications, and in-space autonomy applications.
Features
- Plasteel® material reduces radiation-induced single event effects by up to 10x compared to aluminum shielding
- Extends mission lifetime of COTS components like the NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX by up to 7x in LEO, MEO, GEO, and deep space environments
- Reduces required shielding mass by up to 60% compared to aluminum for equivalent protection
- Offers customizable geometries and form factors through 3D printing, injection molding, and machining
- Provides full system recoverability after radiation exposure, unlike unshielded systems that become irrecoverable
- Validated through testing at world-class facilities including CERN, HIMAC, and TRIUMF, and flown on missions with NASA and the ISS