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The University of California, Berkeley, through its Space Sciences Laboratory (SSL), is a major research institution in the space industry. Founded in 1959, SSL has participated in over 50 NASA space science missions and has built instruments for over 100 satellites. UC Berkeley is also partnering with NASA to develop the Berkeley Space Center, an innovation hub for aviation and space technology. Key areas of focus include space sciences, astrophysics, planetary exploration, and collaboration with partners like NASA and private companies.

academicFounded 1959
Berkeley, California, United States
berkeley.edu
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The University of California, Berkeley estimates annual revenues of at least $40,000,000 from Berkeley Space Center-related sources, including grants, research funding, philanthropy, industry partners, fees, and real estate income.

FinancialGeneralValue 4.0Oct 17, 2023UC Berkeley and SKS Partners Unveil $2 Billion R&D Hub at NASA’s Ames Research Center

A joint venture between the University of California, Berkeley and San Francisco-based SKS Partners unveiled Berkeley Space Center at NASA Research Park as a planned 36-acre innovation hub in Silicon Valley.

RelationshipsPlanGrowthValue 4.0Oct 17, 2023UC Berkeley and SKS Partners Unveil $2 Billion R&D Hub at NASA’s Ames Research Center

The University of California, Berkeley and the NASA Ames Research Center unveiled plans on 2023-10-16 for a $2,000,000,000 Berkeley Space Center in Mountain View, California.

PlanFinancialValue 4.0Oct 16, 2023University of California and NASA Ames unveil plans for $2 billion Berkeley Space Center

Abhishek Tripathi, mission operations director at the University of California, Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory, recommends that companies prepare to launch products on Starship and change their business models to work with Starship rideshare flights.

PlanGeneralValue 3.0Feb 7, 2023Small satellite sector should prepare for Starship

Rocket Lab won a contract from the University of California Berkeley’s Space Sciences Laboratory in June to develop a new EscaPADE design based on Rocket Lab’s Photon satellite bus.

RelationshipsCapabilityPlanValue 4.5Aug 28, 2021NASA Mars smallsat mission passes review

The Space Sciences Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley contracted Rocket Lab on 2021-06-15 to study using Photon for the EscaPADE mission to Mars.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.0Aug 12, 2021Rocket Lab wins order for three Photon missions from space manufacturing startup

Rocket Lab won a contract from the Space Sciences Laboratory of the University of California Berkeley on 2021-06-15 to begin design work on a new version of the Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (EscaPADE) mission to Mars.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.5Jun 20, 2021Mars smallsat mission gets second chance with Rocket Lab

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $7,500,000 contract to the Space Sciences Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley to design, build, and test an ion sensor for the Space Weather Follow-On Lagrange-1 mission.

RelationshipsFinancialCapabilityPlanValue 5.0May 1, 2020UC Berkeley Lab to build NOAA space weather instrument
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