Special Aerospace Services (SAS) is an aerospace and defense company that provides engineering services, hardware, products, and mission-critical communication systems. SAS offers a full life cycle solution portfolio in the space and defense industries, including systems engineering, software safety, and launch system integration. They partner with NASA, the Department of Defense, and commercial space providers, offering services like mission failure analysis and developing technologies like the Autonomous Maneuvering Unit (AMU).
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NASA awarded Special Aerospace Services a Space Act Agreement to develop a commercial version of an Autonomous Maneuvering Unit under the Collaborations for Commercial Space Capabilities-2 initiative.
The companies selected for CCSC-2 are Blue Origin of Kent, Washington; Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation of Dulles, Virginia; Sierra Space Corporation of Broomfield, Colorado; Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California; Special Aerospace Services of Boulder, Colorado; ThinkOrbital Inc. of Lafayette, Colorado; and Vast Space LLC of Long Beach, California.
Interns from United Launch Alliance launched three high-power sport rockets carrying more than 20 payloads created by K-12 students and interns from Ball Aerospace and Special Aerospace Services on 2021-07-17.
Special Aerospace Services interns contributed payloads created as part of the company’s Mission Boot Camp program.