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Georgia Institute of Technology

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Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is a public research university with significant involvement in the space industry through its education, research, and innovation initiatives. Its Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering is a leading academic institution that offers undergraduate and graduate degrees. Georgia Tech's Center for Space Technology and Research (CSTAR) facilitates space-related research activities across various disciplines, fostering collaboration with industry and government organizations like NASA. The university is also developing an Interdisciplinary Research Institute (IRI) to further advance its space research capabilities.

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Of the 8,211 current U.S.-based SpaceX employees tracked by Crustdata, 110 graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology, 108 from the University of Michigan, 92 from Purdue University, 91 from the University of Texas at Austin, and 85 from the University of Southern California.

GovernanceGeneralValue 2.0Jun 26, 2026SpaceX Alum Have Raised $9.2B, New Data Shows

The CID™ has been independently tested at the Georgia Institute of Technology with results consistent with theoretical predictions for dynamic motion, balance, and directional thrust.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.0Oct 26, 2025Quantum Dynamics Enterprises granted U.S. Patent for mechanical propellant-less propulsion system

Álvaro Romero-Calvo from the Georgia Institute of Technology developed the core idea in 2022 and conducted initial simulations.

GeneralValue 0.8Aug 22, 2025Magnetismus macht Sauerstoffproduktion im All effizienter

The 12 newly selected Hera participating scientists include Masatoshi Hirabayashi from the Georgia Institute of Technology and Tim Lister from Las Cumbres Observatory.

GovernanceValue 2.2Oct 7, 2024SpaceX sends off ESA’s Hera planetary defense mission to study NASA’s astroid redirection

A change to a propulsion system provided by the Georgia Institute of Technology during Lunar Flashlight development caused the cubesat to miss its original secondary-payload launch opportunity on Artemis 1 because the propulsion system was not ready by fall 2021.

PlanCapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Jan 14, 2023NASA studying thruster problem with lunar cubesat

The COVID-19 pandemic slowed development of Lunar Flashlight’s new propulsion system, which uses a green nontoxic propellant and is being developed by a group led by the Georgia Institute of Technology.

CapabilityPlanGeneralValue 3.6Aug 26, 2021SLS cubesats arrive for Artemis 1 launch

The University of Illinois is working with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and multiple universities on the VISORS program, including the Georgia Institute of Technology, Stanford University, Washington State University, the Ohio State University, Purdue University, the University of California San Diego, New Mexico State University, Montana State University, and the University of Colorado.

RelationshipsValue 4.0May 12, 2021University of Illinois taps Blue Canyon for scientific cubesat mission

Blue Canyon Technologies is scheduled to deliver cubesats to the Georgia Institute of Technology for instrument integration in 2022.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.0May 12, 2021University of Illinois taps Blue Canyon for scientific cubesat mission

T-Mobile, Curiosity Lab at Peachtree Corners, and the Georgia Institute of Technology announced the creation of the 5G Connected Future incubator program.

GeneralRelationshipsValue 2.8Feb 18, 2021T-Mobile, Georgia Tech & Curiosity Lab partners to fuel 5G innovation for drones and autonomous vehicles

The Georgia Institute of Technology developed the TDO-2 satellite and Parsons Corp. performed the integration.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.0Mar 26, 2020ULA’s Atlas 5 launches AEHF-6 communications satellite in its first mission for U.S. Space Force

Georgia Institute of Technology owns and operates the Prox-1 satellite.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Jan 23, 2020Tethers Unlimited says early results of deorbit hardware test promising

Prox-1 was built by the Georgia Institute of Technology with funding from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s University Nanosatellite Program.

RelationshipsFinancialValue 4.0Jan 23, 2020Tethers Unlimited says early results of deorbit hardware test promising
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