Publication and Resources

Paper

Best Practices for Generating Space Environment Specifications with Modern Tools

This report aims to describe the current generation of tools and methods and provide several worked examples to produce a preliminary space environmental specification for the acquisition of a…

State of Play: Lasercom Key to Building Internet In Space

With major government and commercial programs poised to leverage lasercom, the technology is positioned to deliver the winning combo of high-bandwidth and low-latency needed to expand the internet…

Fact Sheet

Moonlighter Fact Sheet

To maintain and strengthen domain supremacy for the nation, The Aerospace Corporation (Aerospace) actively supports our government partners to identify collaborative strategies and tools to bolster…

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Space Safety Institute (SSI) Fact Sheet

The Space Safety Institute (SSI) at The Aerospace Corporation (Aerospace) delivers independent technical support and assessments to enhance safety for government, commercial, and international space…

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Connecting With Commercial Space Fact Sheet

The Aerospace Corporation (Aerospace) is working with our government customers to achieve these goals by identifying, connecting, and aligning commercial solutions with current and emerging national…

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SPARTA Fact Sheet

The Aerospace Corporation (Aerospace) developed the Space Attack Research and Tactic Analysis (SPARTA) cybersecurity framework, the first cybersecurity threat identification and response framework…

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Engineering and Integration for Commercial Space Fact Sheet

A vibrant commercial space economy supports the development of maturing, nascent, or conceptual technologies and technical domains, while affording U.S. government organizations more choice in the…

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Vehicle Systems Division (VSD) - Fact Sheet

The Vehicle Systems Division (VSD) provides engineering solutions to the nation’s vehicle system challenges when and where they are needed. Our work spans innovative research and development;…

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The Aerospace Corporation UK Ltd (Aerospace UK) - Fact Sheet

The Aerospace Corporation UK Ltd (Aerospace UK), headquartered in Salford, Manchester, is the wholly owned subsidiary of The Aerospace Corporation. Aerospace UK provides independent technical…

In-Space Novel Propulsion Technologies

Change is coming to in-space propulsion. This edition of state of play looks at what’s happening with emerging technologies for nuclear, electric, and solar propulsion.

Fact Sheet

Civil Systems Group Fact Sheet

The Aerospace Corporation (Aerospace) is a nonprofit systems engineering and integration (SE&I) partner working in the national interest. As the operator of the only federally funded research and…

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Information Systems and Cyber Fact Sheet

The Information Systems and Cyber Division (ISCD) is the premier provider of current state-of-the-art and future secure information-systems expertise for the space enterprise and beyond. ISCD staff…

Paper

Space Traffic Management Terminology

In this CSPS paper, we summarize the significance of effective STM, present the causes of the variance in terminology, and highlight the challenges to reaching consensus.

Facilities

Aerospace - Hill Air Force Base

Aerospace’s presence at Hill Air Force Base dates back more than 14 years. That presence was expanded with the opening of a dedicated on-base facility, housing Aerospace’s program office and…

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Prime Focus Technology Highlight

Prime Focus is a prototype automated SDA node using Aerospace’s 1 m AeroTel telescope, which has a range of existing instrumentation developed specifically for the SDA mission. Prime Focus aims to…