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Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab

US
academicFounded 1942
Laurel, Maryland, United States
www.jhuapl.edu/
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The Virginia launch included a federal payload developed by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and multiple secondary payloads by federal and industry partners.

Mentioned as: Johns Hopkins Applied Physics LabNarrative GeneralNov 20, 2025Latest News

After the flight, it was reported that a key government payload developed by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and several secondary payloads from federal government and industry partners were deployed to test key technologies for missile defense.

Mentioned as: Johns Hopkins Applied Physics LabNarrative GeneralNov 20, 2025ロケットラボ、米軍向けに極超音速試験機「HASTE」の試験飛行–ミサイル防衛技術をテスト

The primary payload for the HASTE mission was developed by the John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.

Mentioned as: Johns Hopkins Applied Physics LabNarrative GeneralNov 18, 2025Rocket Lab’s successful launch of HASTE Mission for Defense Innovation Unit, Missile Defense Agency

BARD was launched in July of 2025 as a commercial mission from York in collaboration with NASA's Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) Program and Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL).

Mentioned as: Johns Hopkins Applied Physics LabNarrative GeneralNov 17, 2025York Space Systems completes initial commissioning of PExT payload on BARD mission

The BARD mission will demonstrate the APL-designed and built PExT payload, enabling real-time interoperability between government and commercial satellite relay networks.

Mentioned as: Johns Hopkins Applied Physics LabNarrative GeneralNov 17, 2025York Space Systems completes initial commissioning of PExT payload on BARD mission

The APL-designed PExT payload will demonstrate real-time interoperability between government and commercial relay networks in orbit.

Mentioned as: Johns Hopkins Applied Physics LabNarrative GeneralNov 12, 2025York Space demonstrates successful payload commissioning for BARD mission

The BARD spacecraft was launched in July 2025 as a commercial mission by York in partnership with NASA's SCaN Program and Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory.

Mentioned as: Johns Hopkins Applied Physics LabNarrative GeneralNov 12, 2025York Space demonstrates successful payload commissioning for BARD mission

Joseph Silk is a professor of physics and astronomy at Johns Hopkins University and a researcher at the Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris and Sorbonne University.

Mentioned as: Johns Hopkins Applied Physics LabNarrative GeneralOct 20, 2025Mysterious glow in Milky Way could be evidence of dark matter

The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, built the IMAP spacecraft and will manage the mission.

Mentioned as: Johns Hopkins Applied Physics LabNarrative GeneralOct 5, 2025Sonde spaziali NASA lanciate per studiare il Sole e proteggere la Terra

Johns Hopkins APL manages Parker Solar Probe for NASA and designed, built, and operates the mission.

Mentioned as: Johns Hopkins APLOrg RelationshipSep 25, 2025NASA's Parker Solar Probe Sails Through 25th Sun Flyby

Parker Solar Probe checked in with flight controllers at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory on Sept. 18, transmitting a beacon tone indicating its systems were operating normally.

Mentioned as: johns hopkins applied physics laboratoryNarrative GeneralSep 25, 2025NASA's Parker Solar Probe Sails Through 25th Sun Flyby

Dragonfly is a nuclear-powered, car-sized rotorcraft built at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) that will explore Saturn's moon Titan over a three-year mission.

Mentioned as: Johns Hopkins Applied Physics LabNarrative GeneralSep 23, 2025NASA Dragonfly Mission Advances Through Crucial Development and Testing Stages

APL engineers validated the lander's Solimide-based foam insulation, which is designed to withstand Titan's extreme temperatures of -300 F (-185 C).

Mentioned as: APLTechnical ProductSep 23, 2025NASA Dragonfly Mission Advances Through Crucial Development and Testing Stages

APL delivered the Frontier radios, compact software-defined devices that can support deep-space telecommunications with lower power demands, and have been proven across multiple NASA missions.

Mentioned as: APLOrg RelationshipSep 23, 2025NASA Dragonfly Mission Advances Through Crucial Development and Testing Stages

Daniel Deudney is a professor of political science at Johns Hopkins University.

Mentioned as: Johns Hopkins Applied Physics LabNarrative GeneralMay 12, 2025Why we are so scared of space, and how this fear can drive conspiracy theories

The L'LORRI camera system provided by the Applied Physics Laboratory will be used during the flyby.

Mentioned as: Johns Hopkins Applied Physics LabNarrative GeneralApr 17, 2025Vorbeiflug am Asteroiden Donaldjohanson an Ostern

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory is providing one of the science instruments for Canada’s rover mission, with support from NASA.

Mentioned as: Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics LaboratoryOrg RelationshipDec 16, 2024Canada’s first moon rover will soon have a name as it prepares to explore a hostile lunar region

Intuitive Machines, Inc. has entered into a Cooperation Agreement with the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory to advance lunar communications and navigation infrastructure in cislunar space.

Mentioned as: Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics LaboratoryTechnical ProductDec 3, 2024Intuitive Machines + Johns Hopkins APL partner to advance safe, secure + reliable lunar infrastructure

Over approximately nine years, the University of New Hampshire will work with subcontractor Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory of Laurel, Maryland, to design, analyze, develop, fabricate, integrate, test, verify, and evaluate the sensors and to support their launch and post-launch operations.

Mentioned as: Johns Hopkins Applied Physics LaboratoryOrg RelationshipOct 24, 2024University of New Hampshire to build NOAA solar wind sensors

DART was designed, built, and operated by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland for NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office.

Mentioned as: Johns Hopkins Applied Physics LaboratoryOrg RelationshipOct 7, 2024SpaceX sends off ESA’s Hera planetary defense mission to study NASA’s astroid redirection
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