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Stanford University is a prominent research university with a significant presence in the space industry through its Aeronautics and Astronautics Department and various research labs. It focuses on advancing aerospace systems, spacecraft technology, and space environment studies. Stanford partners with organizations like NASA and KACST and contributes to areas like satellite systems, space robotics, and the development of materials for extreme space environments.

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Stanford, California, United States
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Dr. Jordi Puig-Suari designed the CubeSat standard with Stanford University Professor Bob Twiggs in 1999 while he was a professor at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

GovernanceValue 3.0Oct 13, 2022Terran Orbital-Developed PropCube Finds New Home at Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum

BRIC is a NASA STEM on Station payload built by Stanford University to produce “bio-bricks” in space by combining a protein mixture (bovine serum albumin) with Martian regolith simulant to enable building structures on other planets with sustainable materials.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.4Aug 9, 2022Nanoracks’ multiple customer payloads launched on the SpaceX CRS-25 mission

Dr. Nakanishi, Chief Robotics Officer at GITAI, will make a speech at the Japan-US Innovation Awards ceremony on July 14 at Stanford University.

GovernanceValue 1.2Jul 11, 2022GITAI wins the Japan – US Innovation Awards, “Innovation Showcase”

GITAI Japan Inc. has been selected as the Innovation Showcase Company in the Japan-US Innovation Awards co-sponsored by the Japan Society of Northern California and the Stanford University US–Asia Technology Management Center.

GeneralRelationshipsValue 3.0Jul 11, 2022GITAI wins the Japan – US Innovation Awards, “Innovation Showcase”

A Stanford University experiment on the NG-16 Cygnus will examine the growth of muscle cells in microgravity to evaluate their use for testing drugs to halt sarcopenia.

GeneralValue 3.5Aug 10, 2021Antares launches NG-16 Cygnus space station cargo spacecraft

The BlackSky/Stanford research team exemplifies the use of high-resolution satellite imagery, AI/ML, and deep analysis for geospatial intelligence related to nuclear proliferation.

CapabilityGeneralValue 2.2Jul 8, 2021BlackSky’s technology leveraged to monitor secretive Iranian nuclear facility

Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) utilized BlackSky’s high-revisit satellite imagery to monitor activities at the Natanz nuclear facility.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Jul 8, 2021BlackSky’s technology leveraged to monitor secretive Iranian nuclear facility

The BlackSky/Stanford research team included Rose Gottemoeller, a former NATO Deputy Secretary and current visiting professor at Stanford.

GovernanceGeneralValue 2.2Jul 8, 2021BlackSky’s technology leveraged to monitor secretive Iranian nuclear facility

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

Andrew Kurzrok and colleagues at Stanford University and the University of Colorado modeled propulsion systems on a notional 10-kilogram nanosatellite in a 300-kilometer orbit assuming the propulsion systems accounted for half the spacecraft's mass, and found outcomes ranging from the satellite reaching medium Earth orbit altitudes within two hours with chemical propulsion to passing geostationary orbit in about a year with an electric propulsion system.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Aug 9, 2018“No encryption, no fly” rule proposed for smallsats

Chris Blackerby attended the 2018 The Japan-U.S. Innovation Awards Symposium at Stanford University on 2018-07-13.

GovernanceValue 0.4Jul 14, 2018Astroscale recognized as one of Japan’s transformational and disruptive start-up companies
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