The Aerospace Corporation

The Aerospace Corporation operates the only federally funded research and development center committed exclusively to the space enterprise. It provides objective analysis and technical solutions to national security, civil and commercial space programmes, and describes itself as the nation's trusted partner for the hardest problems in space. The corporation employs more than 4,800 people. Its headquarters is in Chantilly, Virginia, with major regional offices in El Segundo, California and Colorado Springs, Colorado, and a network of offices at Vandenberg, Peterson, Schriever and Buckley Space Force Bases, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Kirtland, Offutt and Wright-Patterson Air Force Bases, Huntsville, Albuquerque, Silver Spring and Arlington. The Aerospace Corporation UK Ltd operates from Manchester.

What it does

• Mission assurance and launch systems expertise, including support for NASA's Artemis II launch and the Moon to Mars objectives
• Foundational space architectures and technical guidance for programmes of national significance
• Dynamic space operations: analysis capabilities that evaluate options and assess risk in a contested space domain
• Tactically responsive space missions, such as the Space Safari programme, where Aerospace integrates commercial innovation with national security needs
• Research into satellite resiliency, orbital debris removal and new spacecraft form factors

DiskSat and other work

Aerospace's DiskSat mission is demonstrating a new flat satellite form factor, unique materials and on-orbit capabilities during its first flight. The corporation also builds AeroCube small satellites in its xLab, publishes the Kickstage news site and podcasts, and is working on the next chapter of US and UK space collaboration. Its governance includes a board of trustees and corporate officers, and it offers virtual tours of its facilities.

Shows

The Aerospace Corporation appears in the exhibitor and sponsor lists of the Ground System Architectures Workshop 2027 (sponsor), the AMOS Conference 2027 (sponsor) and the Small Satellite Conference 2027.

Contact

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