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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 Corp. shared information on single event upsets for its satellites with Aerospace Corp. researchers.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 2.0Dec 11, 2020Space weather researchers need detailed impact data

Jamie Morin is the executive director of the Aerospace Corporation’s Center for Space Policy and Strategy.

GovernanceValue 3.0Nov 16, 2020Study: As space industry offers more services, government missing out on opportunities

Aerospace Corp. estimates that about 9,000 satellites have been launched into orbit since 1957.

GeneralValue 2.0Nov 3, 2020U.S. military keeps sharp eyes on orbit as congestion grows

Aerospace Corp. forecasts that more than 50,000 satellites could be launched to orbit in the next 10 to 15 years, most in low Earth orbit at altitudes below 1,0 m.

GrowthPlanValue 2.6Nov 3, 2020U.S. military keeps sharp eyes on orbit as congestion grows

The Aerospace Corp. built the Rogue Alpha and Beta cubesats with visible and shortwave infrared sensors in 16 months at a total cost including launch of roughly $4,100,000.

CapabilityFinancialValue 4.6Oct 26, 2020Aerospace Corp. seeks to license laser communications

CASC and CASIC were created in 1999 through government reforms and were previously part of the former China Aerospace Corporation.

GovernanceValue 2.0Aug 31, 2020China makes progress on spaceport project for sea launches

An earlier Aerospace Corporation study found that 76% of smallsats launched between 2009 and 2013 were successful.

GeneralValue 3.0Aug 6, 2020Smallsat reliability increasing

The Aerospace Corporation study found that 87% of smallsats launched between 2009 and 2018 that had completed their missions did so successfully.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.0Aug 6, 2020Smallsat reliability increasing

Construction of the 90,000-square-foot Aerospace Corp. facility in Colorado Springs starts in the month of the 2020-07-22 announcement, with a targeted opening in spring 2022.

PlanGrowthValue 4.0Jul 22, 2020Aerospace Corp. to open new facility in Colorado for classified military space programs

The Aerospace Corp. is investing nearly $100,000,000 in a research and development facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado that will focus on classified space technology.

FinancialCapabilityGrowthValue 4.5Jul 22, 2020Aerospace Corp. to open new facility in Colorado for classified military space programs

The Aerospace Corp. plans to hire about 200 engineers and technical experts for the new Colorado Springs facility.

GrowthValue 3.0Jul 22, 2020Aerospace Corp. to open new facility in Colorado for classified military space programs

The Aerospace Corp. is a federally funded nonprofit corporation based in El Segundo, California.

GeneralValue 1.8Jul 22, 2020Aerospace Corp. to open new facility in Colorado for classified military space programs

The Air Force awarded a $1,800,000 contract to Teledyne Brown Engineering of Huntsville, Alabama to assemble ECP-Lite, a sensor developed by the Aerospace Corp.

RelationshipsFinancialValue 4.8Jan 29, 2020Air Force taps Applied Technology Associates and Teledyne Brown to produce space weather sensors

The Aerospace Corporation’s Center for Space Policy and Strategy released a study on 2020-01-15 examining the consequences of not extending New START.

GeneralLegalValue 1.2Jan 15, 2020Study raises prospect of space conflict if U.S. and Russia abandon nuclear arms control treaty

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

GeneralValue 1.8Dec 23, 2019Retired Air Force four-star Paul Selva joins Aerospace Corp. board of trustees

Roger Thompson, a senior engineer at The Aerospace Corp., indicated that Air Force Space Command leaders debated the terminology change before adopting SDA.

GovernanceGeneralValue 2.0Nov 14, 2019Air Force: SSA is no more; it’s ’Space Domain Awareness’

The two NRO cubesats were manifested as AeroCube 14 and use The Aerospace Corporation’s AeroCube bus.

CapabilityValue 4.0Nov 2, 2019Air Force, NRO cubesats fly to International Space Station aboard Northrop Grumman resupply mission

Rogue Alpha and Rogue Beta were designed, built, and tested by The Aerospace Corporation, a nonprofit federally funded research and development center.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.5Nov 2, 2019Air Force, NRO cubesats fly to International Space Station aboard Northrop Grumman resupply mission

The Aerospace Corp. was founded in 1960 and is a nonprofit corporation that operates a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC).

GeneralGovernanceValue 3.0Sep 20, 2019Air Force awards Aerospace Corp. $1.08 billion contract for space support services in FY20

The Aerospace Corp. has approximately 4,000 employees in major locations in El Segundo, California; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Colorado Springs, Colorado; and the Washington, D.C. region.

GeneralGrowthValue 2.8Sep 20, 2019Air Force awards Aerospace Corp. $1.08 billion contract for space support services in FY20
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