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Aerospace Corporation

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The Aerospace Corporation is an American nonprofit corporation that operates a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC). It provides technical guidance and advice on all aspects of space missions to military, civil, and commercial customers, including the U.S. Space Force, NRO, NASA, and NOAA. Aerospace offers scientific and engineering support for launch, space, and related ground systems, as well as analysis and expertise to commercial space entities. Keywords associated with the Aerospace Corporation are: FFRDC, space missions, technical guidance, space systems, and space policy.

ngoFounded 1960
El Segundo, California, United States
www.aerospace.org/
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Aerospace Corporation is a federally funded research and development center working with U.S. allies and the private sector to match testing facilities with developers of ISAM technologies.

GeneralCapabilityValue 2.0Oct 28, 2024Satellite servicing industry faces uncertain military demand

Lori Gordon is the Director of the Space Enterprise Evolution Directorate at The Aerospace Corp.

GovernanceValue 3.5Oct 25, 2024SatComs: Working with government, and vice-versa

The Aerospace Corporation is a national nonprofit corporation that operates a federally funded research and development center.

GeneralValue 2.2Sep 9, 2024Aerospace recognized on Forbes America’s Best-In-State employers list

The Aerospace Corporation is a founding company of Space Workforce, a consortium of aerospace companies committed to improving diversity in the space industry.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 2.3Sep 9, 2024Aerospace recognized on Forbes America’s Best-In-State employers list

Sam Wilson is the systems director at Aerospace Corporation’s Center for Space Policy and Strategy and authored the 2024-06-06 analysis of the Space Force’s fiscal year 2025 budget.

GovernanceValue 2.0Jun 6, 2024Report: Space Force transitioning to new model for the defense of space

The Aerospace Corporation released an analysis on 2024-06-06 examining the U.S. Space Force’s proposed fiscal year 2025 budget.

FinancialGeneralValue 2.0Jun 6, 2024Report: Space Force transitioning to new model for the defense of space

The Aerospace Corporation established the Commercial Space Futures Office in response to high demand from customers working with commercial space.

GeneralValue 2.0Apr 9, 2024SpaceWERX initiative lends startups a crucial hand in tech validation

DiskSat was developed by The Aerospace Corporation with NASA funding as a possible alternative to the cubesat standard.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 4.0Apr 8, 2024Rocket Lab wins $14.4 million contract to launch Space Test Program experiment

Dr. Brian Weeden will lead a team of space policy analysts at The Aerospace Company’s Center for Space Policy and Strategy to analyze, develop, and implement space policy initiatives and strategies and to produce original scholarship.

GovernanceLegalValue 2.6Apr 5, 2024The Aerospace Corporation names new Lead for Policy + Regulatory for CSPS

The Aerospace Corp. plans to invest $100,000,000 at its El Segundo campus in engineering and research activities.

FinancialGrowthCapabilityPlanValue 4.5Mar 25, 2024Aerospace Corp. moves headquarters to D.C., cites need for proximity to decision makers

The Aerospace Corp. was established in June 1960 to serve the U.S. Air Force in the scientific and technical planning and management of missile-space programs.

GeneralGovernanceValue 2.5Mar 25, 2024Aerospace Corp. moves headquarters to D.C., cites need for proximity to decision makers

The Aerospace Corp. is a nonprofit corporation that advises government agencies and operates a federally funded research and development center.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 2.0Mar 18, 2024Aerospace Corp. and Space Foundation announce partnership on workforce initiative

Space Workforce 2030 initially relied on volunteers and administrative support from The Aerospace Corp. before forming a partnership to expand activities.

RelationshipsGrowthValue 3.6Mar 18, 2024Aerospace Corp. and Space Foundation announce partnership on workforce initiative

The Aerospace Corp. and the Space Foundation are partnering to expand the Space Workforce 2030 program as of 2024-03-18.

RelationshipsGrowthPlanValue 4.0Mar 18, 2024Aerospace Corp. and Space Foundation announce partnership on workforce initiative

The Aerospace Corp. launched the Space Workforce 2030 initiative in 2022 and formed a coalition of about 30 member companies for the program.

PlanRelationshipsValue 3.7Mar 18, 2024Aerospace Corp. and Space Foundation announce partnership on workforce initiative

The Lockheed Martin technology demonstration satellite reentered the atmosphere on 2024-02-10, according to a database maintained by The Aerospace Corporation.

GeneralPlanValue 3.0Feb 20, 2024Software problem blamed for Firefly Alpha mishap

The Aerospace Corporation is supporting GuardianSat’s Phase I STTR project and operates as a national nonprofit that runs a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) across the space domain.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.0Oct 16, 2023NSF awards GuardianSat™ an STTR PHASE I grant

GuardianSat will receive technical support from The Aerospace Corporation as part of the NSF award.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 3.8Oct 12, 2023Startup GuardianSat gets research grant for satellite self-defense technology

In 2021 the FAA commissioned the Aerospace Corp., a federally funded nonprofit focused on space, to provide a technical assessment of the rise of LEO constellations and reentry risks to aviation and people on the ground.

LegalGeneralValue 3.6Oct 9, 2023SpaceX slams FAA report on falling space debris danger

The FAA instructed Aerospace Corp. to focus its analysis on non-geostationary satellites launched by the United States under FAA licenses, excluding constellations such as China’s proposed 13,000-satellite Guowang network.

LegalGeneralValue 4.0Oct 9, 2023SpaceX slams FAA report on falling space debris danger
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