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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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The Aerospace Corporation selected Kevin Keating as Senior Vice President for the National Systems Group, effective 2024-01-01.

GovernanceValue 4.0Sep 21, 2023The Aerospace Corporation announces significant organizational changes

Dr. Lara Schmidt has worked at The Aerospace Corporation since 2019 and previously held several senior positions at RAND Corporation.

GovernanceValue 3.6Sep 21, 2023The Aerospace Corporation announces significant organizational changes

The Aerospace Corporation will combine the Space Systems Group and Defense Systems Group on 2023-10-01 to create a unified organization to support all of its Department of Defense customers.

GovernanceValue 4.0Sep 21, 2023The Aerospace Corporation announces significant organizational changes

The Aerospace Corporation designed and developed Blinker, a small, self-contained autonomous transponder for space situational awareness.

CapabilityValue 4.0Jun 26, 2023The Aerospace Corporation's Blinker Transponder Advances Space Traffic Management Capabilities

Aerospace Corporation will launch Moonlighter on SpaceX CRS-28.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Jun 4, 2023World’s 1st hacking testbed in space to launch on the SpaceX CRS-28 mission on June 5th

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

GeneralValue 2.0May 16, 2023The Aerospace Corporation UK Ltd. names a new managing director

The 2022 Space Safety Compendium was developed in collaboration with The Aerospace Corporation’s Center for Space Policy and Strategy.

RelationshipsValue 3.2May 11, 20232022 Space Safety Compendium available

The Aerospace Corporation was selected in February 2023 to operate the COnsortium for Space Mobility and ISAM Capabilities (COSMIC).

RelationshipsValue 4.2Apr 24, 2023NASA Announced the Creation of In-Space Servicing, Assembly, Manufacturing Consortium

The Aerospace Corporation was selected in February 2023 to operate the COSMIC consortium.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Apr 20, 2023NASA creates in-space servicing, assembly, manufacturing (ISAM) consortium

Steve Isakowitz previously led the commercial spaceflight company Virgin Galactic and is the CEO of The Aerospace Corporation.

GovernanceValue 3.8Apr 19, 2023Aerospace CEO: More startups seek DoD work amid cash crunch

The Aerospace Corporation is a federally funded nonprofit based in El Segundo, California that provides technical guidance and advice to military and civil space agencies.

GeneralValue 2.0Apr 19, 2023Aerospace CEO: More startups seek DoD work amid cash crunch

The Aerospace Corporation is a nonprofit that provides technical advice to the U.S. government and provides engineering and support services for the national security space launch program.

GeneralValue 2.5Apr 18, 2023Space Force in wait-and-see mode as ULA continues to investigate upper-stage anomaly

The Aerospace Corporation is a national nonprofit corporation that operates a federally funded research and development center and has approximately 4,000 employees.

GeneralValue 2.2Mar 30, 2023Space ISAC stands up Operational Watch Center to keep pace with proliferating threats to space systems

The Aerospace Corporation’s Center for Orbital and Reentry Debris Studies estimated an ERBS reentry at 10:49 p.m. Eastern plus or minus 13 hours based on data as of early 2023-01-06.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.2Jan 7, 2023Defunct NASA satellite reenters

The Aerospace Corporation’s Center for Orbital and Reentry Debris Studies (CORDS) predicted a reentry time of 17:56 UTC on 2022-11-04 for the Long March 5B first stage with an uncertainty window of plus or minus six hours.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0Nov 3, 2022Rocket from Chinese space station module launch predicted to make uncontrolled reentry Nov. 4

The Aerospace Corporation's Space Safety Institute developed the 2022 Space Safety Compendium.

CapabilityGeneralValue 2.5Oct 22, 2022Report offers wide-ranging recommendations on space safety

Aerospace Corp. unveiled a new facility in Colorado Springs on 2022-09-07.

GrowthGeneralValue 2.0Sep 6, 2022Aerospace opens $100 million facility in Colorado Springs for military space activities

The Aerospace Corporation operates as a nonprofit corporation and manages a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC).

GeneralValue 2.0Sep 6, 2022Space Warfighting Center unveiled by Aerospace Corporation

The Aerospace Corporation unveiled its new Space Warfighting Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado at a ribbon-cutting celebration.

CapabilityGeneralValue 2.1Sep 6, 2022Space Warfighting Center unveiled by Aerospace Corporation

Eric Desautels was acting deputy assistant secretary for arms control, verification and compliance at the State Department during an 2022-08-24 panel discussion organized by George Washington University’s Space Policy Institute and The Aerospace Corporation.

GovernanceGeneralValue 3.0Aug 31, 2022U.S. looking to encourage more countries to join ASAT testing ban
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