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Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL)

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Ashley Willardson is Functional Manager, Software – Mission, Automation & Technologies Group at Space Dynamics Laboratory and leads software testing and programmatic reviews for satellite systems.

Mentioned as: Space Dynamics LaboratoryTechnical ProductFeb 23, 2026Celebrating Women in Satellite 2026

The University of California, Berkeley, in partnership with Space Dynamics Laboratory, will supply auroral imaging instruments for the CINEMA mission.

Mentioned as: Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL)Narrative GeneralDec 20, 2025NASA backs CINEMA smallsat fleet to probe Earth magnetotail

Utah State University’s Space Dynamics Laboratory has released open-source software called StarFall to detect potentially harmful shooting stars known as bolides.

Mentioned as: Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL)Narrative GeneralSep 24, 2025Space Dynamics Lab shares open-source software to detect potentially dangerous meteors

Sedaro is partnering with Space Dynamics Laboratory and Draper Labs on the 15-month project.

Mentioned as: Space Dynamics LaboratoryOrg RelationshipAug 25, 2023Sedaro wins Space Force contract to develop spacecraft digital twins

The Space Dynamics Laboratory unveiled the first of a fleet of SunRISE smallsats in Logan, Utah earlier 2022 to support NASA’s Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment mission.

Mentioned as: Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL)Narrative GeneralNov 15, 2022MMA Design’s HaWK solar arrays to empower NASA’s SunRISE Mission

MMA Design completed the design, manufacture, test, and delivery of 12 HaWK Solar Array wings to the Space Dynamics Laboratory to power SunRISE’s 6U smallsat fleet.

Mentioned as: Space Dynamics LaboratoryOrg RelationshipNov 15, 2022MMA Design’s HaWK solar arrays to empower NASA’s SunRISE Mission

For HACSSAT 1 and HACSSAT 2, Blue Canyon provided Space Dynamics Laboratory with the bus electronics for two 3U cubesats, integrated the payloads, and completed environmental testing on both spacecraft.

Mentioned as: Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL)Narrative GeneralJun 5, 2022Blue Canyon’s low-altitude smallsats thrive on-orbit after their launch via SpaceX’s Transporter-5 mission

Space Dynamics Laboratory has used Innoflight’s SCR-100 and SCR-104 across six programs since 2016.

Mentioned as: space dynamics laboratoryNarrative GeneralJan 27, 2022Innoflight’s SCR Units Ordered By SDL For NASA Deep Space Compatibility Testing For The Agency’s sunRISE Mission

Space Dynamics Laboratory selected the SCR-106 for the SunRISE mission because it meets the mission’s SWaP requirements and leverages the SCR-104 baseband modem.

Mentioned as: Space Dynamics LaboratoryTechnical ProductJan 27, 2022Innoflight’s SCR Units Ordered By SDL For NASA Deep Space Compatibility Testing For The Agency’s sunRISE Mission

The Department of Defense announced on 2025-11-10 that the award to Space Dynamics Laboratory was a sole-source, non-competed contract.

Mentioned as: space dynamics laboratoryOrg RelationshipNov 15, 2021Utah State University’s Space Dynamics Laboratory wins $1 billion contract from AFRL

Space Dynamics Laboratory is an integrated member of the Missile Defense Agency team leading the Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor program and provides experience in space-based infrared sensing phenomenology and sensor systems design, test, and calibration.

Mentioned as: Space Dynamics LaboratoryOrg RelationshipJun 21, 2021It’s Silver For Space Dynamics Laboratory Celebrating 25 Years As A Government Research Center

As a UARC, Space Dynamics Laboratory rapidly develops and deploys mission-driven capabilities to support Department of Defense user needs.

Mentioned as: Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL)Narrative GeneralJun 21, 2021It’s Silver For Space Dynamics Laboratory Celebrating 25 Years As A Government Research Center

The TacRL-2 satellite was built and will be operated by the Air Force Research Laboratory and Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory.

Mentioned as: space dynamics laboratoryTechnical ProductJun 13, 2021Northrop Grumman’s Pegasus rocket launches U.S. Space Force mission