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An Organic Act for NOAA

Streamlining NOAA’s mission, purpose and authorities, enabling its political leadership to manage at the agency level, and realigning the budget to match the administration’s priorities are motivation...

New Launch Unit Standards Announced for SmallSats

The Aerospace Corporation (Aerospace) announced details of a new small satellite standard called a Launch Unit, or Launch-U, during a briefing at the Small Satellite Conference in Logan, Utah.

Launching U.S. Government Payloads on Foreign Soil

The emergence of new, venture-class launch providers for small satellites has led to questions about the suitability of these launch providers for U.S. government missions. Many U.S. government agenci...

Implications of Launching Government Payloads Globally

Announcing a new issue brief, Launching U.S. Government Payloads on Foreign Soil: Regulatory and Policy Analysis, which examines the emergence of new, venture-class launch providers for small satellit...

Utah Public Radio Talks Launch-U

Utah Public Radio interviewed Aerospace‘s Jamie Morin, executive director of the Center for Space Policy and Strategy and senior project engineer, Carrie O‘Quinn about Launch-U Standards.

Launch-U Featured In Geekwire

Geekwire reports on Aerospace’s proposed size and weight standard for medium-class (25-200 kilogram) smallsats called the “Launch Unit” which would fill a volume of 45x45x60 centimeters (1.5x1.5x2 fee...

Asteroid Deflection Stars in IMAX Film

An IMAX documentary was filmed at Aerospace’s El Segundo facility to highlight Aerospace’s near-Earth objects (NEOs) expertise on planetary defense and asteroid deflection.

OCSD Demos Advanced Communications Technology

The Optical Communications and Sensor Demonstration (OCSD) mission‘s laser communication system, carried by the two low Earth orbiting OCSD CubeSats successfully transmitted 100 megabits of data at a ...

What if Robots Could Dream?

Aerospace’s SeedTECH AI team has taken on the grand challenge of designing an artificial intelligence platform that can dream these new solutions today rather than tomorrow.

Clearing Intellectual Underbrush to Prepare for Conflict in Space

Why does deletion of the space mission area taxonomy matter? This paper argues that saying goodbye to the space mission area taxonomy will contribute to normalizing space terminology and concepts for ...

Laser Communications Demonstrated from CubeSats for the First Time

The Aerospace Corporation (Aerospace) announced a milestone with the Optical Communications and Sensor Demonstration (OCSD) mission. The laser communication system, carried by the two low-Earth-orbiti...

Bi-Coastal National Intern Day Celebrations

In recognition of interns and their vital contribution to our mission and future recruitment, Aerospace campuses celebrated our summer interns during WayUp’s National Intern Day.

Launch-U Presentation, Small Satellite 2018

The Launch Unit, or Launch-U, standard was unveiled at the annual Small Satellite Conference in Logan, Utah on August 6, 2018. This standard, if widely adopted, has the potential to expand and speed a...

Ship and Launch in 30 Days or Less

Experts team up to improve launch efficiencies to enable a satellite to launch within 30 days on any certified vehicle while maintaining mission assurance.

Aerospace Examines the U.S. Regulation of Space Commerce

The Aerospace Corporation’s Center for Space Policy and Strategy (CSPS) released a new issue brief today that analyzes the U.S. administration’s plans to significantly enlarge the space portfolio of t...

Remaking U.S. Regulation of Space Commerce

The U.S. administration is planning to significantly enlarge the space portfolio of the U.S. Department of Commerce to help expand the nation’s commercial space sector and accelerate its evolution. Th...