Making Waves Together - Interstel Technologies’ Beach Day
(November 2024) The Interstel Technologies™ team hosted a potluck picnic at Waimanalo Beach together and enjoying typical autumn weather in Hawaii where Interstel is located. The picnic also welcomes three of our new Programming Interns to the Interstel family, Raphael, John, and Isaiah!
Pacific Tech 2024
Honolulu, HI (October 2024) - Interstel Technologies™ participated in this year’s Pacific Tech from 10/28 - 10/29. Interstel was given the opportunity to present the iCOSMOS SWARM’s marketing solutions to America’s Seed Fund Program Managers, Contracting Officers, and Technology Scouts from various Combatant Commands. Interstel interns, Marina Cleavenger, Briana Lee, and Marisa Van Duyne along with Dr. Trevor Sorensen engaged with many influential leaders.
Interstel Enters into NASA Phase II-E
Honolulu, HI (September 2024) - Interstel Technologies™ signs Phase II-Extended contract with NASA! Receiving funds by both HTDC (Hawai‘i Technology Development Corporation) and UH Ventures LLC provided Interstel the opportunity to be eligible to qualify for the Phase II-E option. The objective of signing Phase II-E option is furthering the R&D advancement of innovations developed under Phase II. With NASA matching investor funds up to $375,000, such an investment helps Interstel continue its journey to build excellence in the aerospace industry.
INTERSTEL TECHNOLOGIES FAREWELL BASH!
Honolulu, HI (June, 2024) - Interstel Technologies™ hosts a farewell bash for interns Kenji Sanehira and Marisa Van Duyne. Additionally, celebrating the funding provided to us from the Hawai’i Technology Development Corporation.
INTERSTEL TECHNOLOGIES RECEIVES FUNDING FROM HTDC
Honolulu, HI (April, 2024) - Interstel Technologies™ is proud to announce that we have received funding from the Hawai‘i Technology Development Corporation!
INTERSTEL TECHNOLOGIES ATTENDS DEFENSE TECHCONNECT
Washington, D.C. (November, 2023) - Interstel Technologies hosts a booth at the 2023 Defense Tech Connect Summit and Expo.
INTERSTEL TECHNOLOGIES ATTENDS AUSA ANNUAL MEETING AND EXPOSITION 2023
Washington, D.C. (October, 2023) - Selected as a distinguished Finalist in the highly esteemed US Army xTechPacific Competition, Interstel Technologies™ received an exclusive invitation to participate in the prestigious AUSA Annual Meeting and Exposition 2023.
INTERSTEL TECHNOLOGIES PARTNERS WITH HITIDE
Honolulu, HI (October, 2023) - At the beginning of this year, Interstel Technologies™ joined the 2nd Cohort of HITIDE. HITIDE’s mission is to support startups with translating University of Hawai‘i research into innovations that will make an impact.
INTERSTEL TECHNOLOGIES A FINALIST OF 2023 SPACE INNOVATION CHALLENGE
Honolulu, HI (October, 2023) - Interstel Technologies™ was recently chosen as a finalist in the 2023 Space Innovation Challenge.
INTERSTEL TECHNOLOGIES A FINALIST IN NASA ENTREPRENEURS CHALLENGE
Honolulu, HI (August, 2023) - Interstel Technologies™ is proud to announce that we have been accepted as a winner of Phase I of NASA’s Entrepreneurs Challenge.
INTERSTEL TECHNOLOGIES A FINALIST OF xTECHPACIFIC COMPETITION
Honolulu, HI (August, 2023) - Interstel Technologies™ recently won the second phase of the U.S. Army xTechPacific competition.
INTERSTEL TECHNOLOGIES ATTENDS SMALLSAT 2023
Logan, UT (August, 2023) - Interstel Technologies™ attended the 37th Annual Small Satellite Conference and sponsored a continental breakfast in early August 2023.
INTERSTEL TECHNOLOGIES A SEMI-FINALIST OF xTECHPACIFIC COMPETITION
Honolulu, HI (June, 2023) - Interstel Technologies™ won a spot as a semi-finalist in the xTechPacific competition.
INTERSTEL TECHNOLOGIES ATTENDS CUBESAT DEVELOPERS WORKSHOP
San Luis Obispo, CA (April, 2023) - Interstel Technologies™ attended the CubeSat Developers Workshop on April 25-27, 2023.
INTERSTEL TECHNOLOGIES ATTENDS GROUND SYSTEM ARCHITECTURES WORKSHOP
El Segundo, CA (March, 2023) - Interstel Technologies™ attended the Ground System Architectures Workshop (GSAW) from February 28th - March 2nd 2023.
INTERSTEL TECHNOLOGIES MOVES INTO NEW OFFICE SPACE
Honolulu, HI (January, 2023) - Interstel Technologies, Inc. is pleased to announce our new office location at the Manoa Innovation Center in Honolulu, HI. Our new address is 2800 Woodlawn Drive #132, Honolulu, HI 96822.
INTERSTEL TECHNOLOGIES SELECTED FOR NASA STTR PHASE II CONTRACT
Honolulu, HI (March, 2022) – The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has selected Interstel Technologies, Inc. for a Phase II STTR award to continue the development of the iCOSMOS-Swarm™ software and related tools. This project will demonstrate the iCOSMOS-Swarm™ management solution using a hardware testbed consisting of five small satellites (one Mothership and four ChildSats).
INTERSTEL TECHNOLOGIES SELECTED FOR NASA STTR PHASE I CONTRACT
Honolulu, HI (June, 2020) - NASA announced the 57 small business company (SBC) – non-profit research institution (RI) teams that were selected to negotiate a contract with NASA for Phase I of the Small Business Technology Transfer Program (STTR). Interstel Technologies was the only SBC selected from Hawaii. Interstel™’s RI partner is the University of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM). This was Interstel™’s first time to apply for a STTR award. The title of the winning proposal was “Cooperative Control and Localization of Multiple Spacecraft using a Multi-Agent Mission Operations System”. The Principal Investigator (PI) is Dr. Trevor C. Sorensen (CEO of Interstel Technologies, Inc.) and the RI-PI is Dr. Zhuoyuan Song (Department of Mechanical Engineering). The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) was the NASA center overseeing the program and technical aspects of the contract.