Polaris Intelligence
Polaris
Intelligence
About
Ctrl K
Sign in
© Polaris Intelligence 2026
PrivacyTermsAdmin

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI)

US

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, is an independent, nonprofit applied research and development organization. SwRI operates a large space science and engineering program, and is home to principal investigators for several major NASA missions, including the Juno mission to Jupiter and the New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt. They develop spaceflight instrumentation, avionics, and electronics for NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA).

academic
San Antonio, Texas, United States
www.swri.org/
Admin Edit
0.0-5.0

All verified mentions of this organization in source documents.

The work drew on Southwest Research Institute's Center for Laboratory Astrophysics and Space Science Experiments (CLASSE) and UT San Antonio's Kleberg Advanced Microscopy Center (KAMC).

GeneralValue 2.0Mar 5, 2026Lunar dust study links space weathering to changes in Moon ultraviolet brightness

Ujjwal Raut of Southwest Research Institute served as principal investigator for the project.

GovernanceValue 2.0Mar 5, 2026Lunar dust study links space weathering to changes in Moon ultraviolet brightness

Southwest Research Institute and NSF-NCAR developed PINNBARDS, a Physics-Informed Neural Network-Based Active Region Distribution Simulator linking visible solar active regions to the deep magnetic dynamics of the Sun's tachocline.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Feb 26, 2026AI-driven solar model aims to extend space weather warnings

Juno Principal Investigator Scott J. Bolton is affiliated with the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas.

GovernanceValue 2.0Feb 7, 2026Jupiter size refined by new radio mapping

Olivier Mousis of Southwest Research Institute is the second author of a study published in The Astrophysical Journal about the divergent evolution of Io and Europa.

GeneralValue 1.2Jan 26, 2026Birth conditions fixed water contrast on Jupiters moons

Southwest Research Institute scientists are proposing a dedicated solar polar mission to observe the Sun from a vantage off the ecliptic and provide direct, continuous views of polar magnetic processes.

PlanCapabilityValue 3.2Jan 21, 2026Century-old solar records refine future cycle forecasts

Researchers from Southwest Research Institute, the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences, and the Max Planck Institute used archival Ca II K images from the Kodaikanal Solar Observatory to probe the Sun's chromosphere.

CapabilityValue 2.5Jan 21, 2026Century-old solar records refine future cycle forecasts

Southwest Research Institute managed the IMAP payload and coordinated the development and delivery of all 10 mission instruments contributed by multiple institutions.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.2Dec 26, 2025CoDICE instrument returns first-light particle data for IMAP mission

The magnetometer (MAG) on board SWFO-L1 was developed and built by the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI).

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Sep 22, 2025SWFO-L1 soll vor Sonnenstürmen warnen

Southwest Research Institute will develop two magnetometers for the Lagrange 1 Series project, part of NOAA’s Space Weather Next program.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Dec 9, 2024SwRI to build magnetometers for NOAA space weather satellites

Work on the magnetometer contract will take place at Southwest Research Institute’s facility in San Antonio, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, and Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.0Dec 9, 2024NASA awards contract for NOAA’s Next Generation Space Weather Program

NASA selected Southwest Research Institute of San Antonio to build the Next-Generation Space Weather Magnetometer for the Lagrange 1 Series project on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Dec 9, 2024NASA awards contract for NOAA’s Next Generation Space Weather Program

Southwest Research Institute won a $26,100,000 contract to build a space weather instrument for NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

RelationshipsFinancialCapabilityValue 5.0Dec 9, 2024SwRI to build magnetometers for NOAA space weather satellites

Southwest Research Institute will support the launch and provide ground support at NOAA’s Satellite Operations Facility in Suitland, Maryland.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 3.9Nov 14, 2024Southwest Research Institute to supply NOAA coronagraphs

NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, selected Southwest Research Institute of San Antonio to build three coronagraphs for the Lagrange 1 Series project.

RelationshipsValue 4.5Nov 14, 2024NASA awards contract for NOAA’s Space Weather program

NASA awarded the contract to Southwest Research Institute on behalf of NOAA on 2024-11-14.

RelationshipsValue 4.3Nov 14, 2024Southwest Research Institute to supply NOAA coronagraphs

Work under the contract will take place at Southwest Research Institute’s facility in San Antonio.

RelationshipsValue 3.0Nov 14, 2024NASA awards contract for NOAA’s Space Weather program

Under the contract, Southwest Research Institute will design, develop, build, and test coronagraphs for the Lagrange 1 Series project.

RelationshipsValue 4.6Nov 14, 2024Southwest Research Institute to supply NOAA coronagraphs

Southwest Research Institute won a $60,000,000 contract to build three coronagraphs for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

RelationshipsFinancialCapabilityValue 5.0Nov 14, 2024Southwest Research Institute to supply NOAA coronagraphs

The Southwest Research Institute will lead development of the JEDI instrument under a $45,000,000 NASA contract.

RelationshipsFinancialValue 4.5May 23, 2024Airbus to build ESA space science satellite
Page1of3
Track