The Smallsat Alliance is a consortium of over 50 U.S. companies involved in the small satellite industry, including manufacturers, operators, and service providers. The alliance aims to promote the use of smallsat technology, advocate for favorable policies, and foster collaboration between government, and commercial entities. It supports the "Hybrid Space Architecture," combining traditional and new space technologies. The SmallSat Alliance also hosts events like the Collegiate Space Competition and the Miami Space Summit to connect members with customers, partners, and government officials.
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The SmallSat Alliance’s agenda under Angel Smith includes leveraging cloud computing, edge processing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and autonomous surface systems to support missions from low Earth orbit to cislunar orbits.
A team from the University of Texas won the top prize in the 2023 SmallSat Alliance Collegiate Space Competition.
Charles Beames is chairman of the SmallSat Alliance, a Washington-based advocacy organization.
The SmallSat Alliance established the Collegiate Space Competition in 2022 to raise the profile of the entrepreneurial space sector and attract talent.
The 2020-04-29 letter was signed by the Commercial Spaceflight Federation, the SmallSat Alliance, the App Association, Dcode, and Financial Executives International.
The SmallSat Alliance's white paper states that the U.S. national security space community should accelerate efforts to engage the new space industry as a strong customer to prevent potential loss of a critical U.S. industry.
Steve Nixon has shared the SmallSat Alliance's proposal with congressional committees and the Space Acquisition Council.
The SmallSat Alliance represents about 45 companies, including satellite operators, manufacturers, component suppliers, launch providers, ground network operators, and data analytics providers.
The investments requested by the SmallSat Alliance would be used to develop hybrid space architectures that combine commercial small satellites with traditional government satellites.
Steve Nixon is the president of the SmallSat Alliance.
The SmallSat Alliance won funding on the order of $20,000,000 for smallsat demonstration programs last year.
The SmallSat Alliance was developed as an independent organization rather than working under the Satellite Industry Association or the Commercial Spaceflight Federation.