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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

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academicFounded 1861
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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Matthew H. Hersch authored the book 'Dark Star: A New History of the Space Shuttle' published by The MIT Press in 2023.

Mentioned as: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Narrative GeneralFeb 12, 2024Review: Dark Star

Lily Cheng Zedler won the 2019 MIT Water Innovation Prize.

Mentioned as: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Narrative GeneralJan 18, 2024Fleet Space’s Growth Continues with Multiple Strategic Appointments

Beijia Zhang at MIT Lincoln Laboratory in Massachusetts received a 2024 NIAC Phase I grant for LIFA: Lightweight Fiber-based Antenna for Small Sat-Compatible Radiometry.

Mentioned as: MIT Lincoln LaboratoryTechnical ProductJan 5, 2024NASA Announces 2024 Phase I Awardees for Innovative Concept Studies

Mike Massimino has a PhD in engineering from MIT.

Mentioned as: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Narrative GeneralDec 18, 2023Review: Moonshot

John C. Wall received bachelor’s and master’s degrees from MIT’s Mechanical Engineering Honors Program in 1975 and a ScD from MIT in 1978.

Mentioned as: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Narrative GeneralJun 26, 2023Ad Astra Rocket Company’s two elected Board of Directors are from Cummins Inc.

The TBIRD payload was designed and built by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory of Lexington, Massachusetts.

Mentioned as: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Org RelationshipMay 23, 2023NASA and its Partners Achieve a Major Milestone in Space-to-Ground Laser Communications

OCTL currently supports multiple optical communications missions and was modified to accommodate the TBIRD system requirements and unique TBIRD communications ground hardware provided by MIT Lincoln Laboratory.

Mentioned as: MIT Lincoln LaboratoryTechnical ProductMay 23, 2023NASA and its Partners Achieve a Major Milestone in Space-to-Ground Laser Communications

Two U.S. Space Force payloads developed by MIT Lincoln Laboratory will be hosted on Japan’s GEO-based Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS).

Mentioned as: MIT Lincoln LaboratoryTechnical ProductMay 19, 2023Space Systems Command Successfully Delivers Final Spaceflight Ready Payload to Japan

The two U.S. payloads are optical sensors developed by MIT Lincoln Laboratory.

Mentioned as: MIT Lincoln LaboratoryTechnical ProductMay 18, 2023Space Force delivers second U.S. payload to be hosted on Japanese satellite

The two U.S. Space Force payloads were developed by MIT Lincoln Laboratory and will be hosted on Japan’s GEO-based Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS).

Mentioned as: MIT Lincoln LaboratoryTechnical ProductMay 17, 2023Space Systems Command (SSC) completes final delivery of 2nd USSF hosted payload to Japan

MIT Lincoln Laboratory developed the TeraByte InfraRed Delivery (TBIRD) payload.

Mentioned as: MIT Lincoln LaboratoryTechnical ProductMay 14, 2023Terran Orbital-developed PTD-3 enables 200 gigabits per second space-to-ground optical link

The TROPICS team is led by Dr. William Blackwell at MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory in Lexington, Massachusetts.

Mentioned as: MITOrg RelationshipMay 7, 2023UPDATE 3: Rocket Lab pushes NASA’s TROPICS mission to orbit… Rocket Lab’s official launch report…

MIT testing after the NS-23 mishap established that the flight configuration of the BE-3PM nozzle operated at hotter temperatures than previous design configurations.

Mentioned as: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Narrative GeneralMar 24, 2023Blue Origin NS-23 Findings

Orbit Logic and MIT are researching the onboard fault attribution solution for satellite systems.

Mentioned as: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Narrative GeneralMar 16, 2023Orbit Logic and MIT to Develop Satellite Onboard Fault Attribution and Response Solution

The Space Telecommunications, Astronomy and Radiation (STAR) Laboratory at MIT is a research collaborator with Orbit Logic.

Mentioned as: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Narrative GeneralMar 16, 2023Orbit Logic and MIT to Develop Satellite Onboard Fault Attribution and Response Solution

The approaches developed by MIT will not only isolate faults, but also identify their causation categories, including space weather events and failures in hardware systems.

Mentioned as: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Narrative PlanMar 16, 2023Orbit Logic and MIT to Develop Satellite Onboard Fault Attribution and Response Solution

Mary Knapp of MIT received a 2023 NIAC Phase I grant for 'Great Observatory for Long Wavelengths'.

Mentioned as: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Narrative GeneralJan 19, 2023NASA Selects Experimental Space Technology Concepts from NIAC Program for Initial Study

Zachary Cordero of MIT received a 2023 NIAC Phase I grant for 'Bend-Forming of Large Electrostatically Actuated Space Structures'.

Mentioned as: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Narrative GeneralJan 19, 2023NASA Selects Experimental Space Technology Concepts from NIAC Program for Initial Study

MIT Lincoln Laboratory is working with the Japanese National Space Policy Secretariat and Mitsubishi Electric Company to integrate the sensors on QZS-6 and QZS-7.

Mentioned as: MIT Lincoln LaboratoryOrg RelationshipJan 17, 2023U.S. delivers first of two space sensors to be hosted on Japanese satellites

MIT Lincoln Laboratory and Space Systems Command led development of the QZSS-Hosted Payload from a concept in 2018 to hardware ready for delivery in 2023.

Mentioned as: mit lincoln laboratoryTechnical ProductJan 17, 2023SSC delivers the first hosted payload to Japan in historic USSF partnership
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