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Lawrence Livermore National Lab

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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is a federally funded research and development center that contributes to the space industry through the development of advanced technologies and payloads. LLNL's space program focuses on areas like space domain awareness, developing compact telescopes, and advancing optical systems for satellites. They partner with organizations like the U.S. Space Force and NASA, providing optical payloads and expertise for various missions, including those focused on threat detection and rapid satellite deployment. LLNL's key capabilities include monolithic telescope technology, space hardware, and expertise in data science and astrophysics.

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Livermore, California, United States
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Peter McGill of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is a coauthor of the study.

GovernanceValue 1.0May 7, 2026Roman studierà stelle di neutroni col microlensing gravitazionale

An NVIDIA Jetson module was embedded on high-resolution Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory telescopes and delivered to Firefly’s spacecraft facility for integration on Elytra.

RelationshipsCapabilityPlanValue 4.0Apr 10, 2026On-Orbit Processing for Moon Imaging Service Introduced

Aalyria was founded in 2021 by CEO Chris Taylor, CTO Brian Barritt, and others through the acquisition of two inventions developed with over a decade of research from Google and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

RelationshipsGovernanceValue 3.8Feb 27, 2026Series B Round Raises $100 Million for Aalyria

Pandora is a NASA Science Mission Directorate program led by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and managed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

RelationshipsValue 3.0Jan 16, 2026Pandora Interstellar Mission to Utilize Saturn-200 Minisatellite Platform

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory worked with Corning on the manufacture and development of the mission's telescope.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 3.5Jan 13, 2026Pandora exoplanet mission checks in after launch

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is responsible for project management and engineering for Pandora.

RelationshipsValue 3.8Jan 13, 2026Pandora exoplanet mission checks in after launch

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists have developed an open-source dataset and software package mapping 1,000,000 cis-lunar orbits.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Jan 3, 2026Uno studio chiarisce la stabilità delle orbite nello spazio cis-lunare

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Virgin Galactic are collaborating to assess the potential for utilizing LLNL sensor systems aboard Virgin Galactic launch vehicles.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Dec 23, 2025Partnership Aims to Advance High-Altitude Image-Capture Technology

On 2024-05-08, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s space imaging payload was selected for a U.S. Space Force mission to test military capabilities to rapidly deploy satellites in response to threats in orbit.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0May 9, 2024Livermore Lab to provide optical payload for U.S. Space Force mission

Hernández graduated from college and worked as an engineer at Lawrence Livermore National Lab.

GovernanceValue 0.0Oct 9, 2023Review: A Million Miles Away

NASA’s Pandora mission, projected to launch in 2024 or 2025, uses a Saturn-class microsat and was designed by NASA and the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to study the atmospheres of exoplanets.

PlanCapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Oct 9, 2023New head of smallsat supplier Blue Canyon sets sights on defense market growth

The Colorado Springs TAP Lab is partnering with MITRE, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Aerospace, and the Supra Coder program to provide foundational services and data and code sharing solutions.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 3.6Sep 25, 2023Space System Command (SSC) opens new TAP Lab for Space Domain Awareness (SDA) innovation

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Terran Orbital developed the MonoTele technology under a four-year, $6,000,000 cooperative research and development agreement to advance compact satellites for commercial applications.

RelationshipsFinancialCapabilityValue 4.6Jan 13, 2023Terran Orbital's GEOStare SV2 Spacecraft Completes Commercial Imaging Contract for Lockheed Martin

Alex Pertica spent 36 years at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

GovernanceValue 2.0Dec 15, 2022Terran Orbital Announces Formation of Optical Solutions Group (OSG)

Alex Pertica worked with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s Laser Program creating laser materials for inertial confinement fusion.

CapabilityValue 2.8Dec 15, 2022Terran Orbital Announces Formation of Optical Solutions Group (OSG)

Alex Pertica spent 36 years at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL).

GovernanceValue 3.0Dec 8, 2022Terran Orbital Creates New Optical Solutions Group

Tyvak-0130 carries an advanced optical telescope system called GEOStare2 developed in collaboration with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.0Jun 21, 2021TYVAK, A TERRAN ORBITAL COMPANY, ANNOUNCES SUCCESSFUL COMMISSIONING OF TYVAK-0130 SATELLITE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY

Tyvak and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory are working under a four-year, $6,000,000 cooperative research and development agreement to mount LLNL’s Monolithic Telescope (MonoTele) technology on small satellites.

RelationshipsFinancialCapabilityValue 4.0Jun 17, 2021Tyvak and Lawrence Livermore National Lab release Earth and space images

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has developed mini-telescopes that range in size from one inch to 0.356 m.

CapabilityValue 4.2May 17, 2021Tyvak satellite on SpaceX rideshare mission carries tiny space telescope
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