Project Sponsor : Air Force Research Lab, US Space Force, University Nanosatellite Program Start Date : 01/28/2022 Faculty Investigator : Dr. Brian Gunter Project Status : Final system design, undergoing subsystem fabrication and testing WEBS is an exciting first-of-its-kind technology demonstration in the area of space-to-space wireless power transmission. In collaboration with the United States […]
Project Sponsor : Breakthrough Initiatives (P.I. Sara Seager), NASA NIAC Phase I award 80NSSC22K0759 (P.I. Sara Seager) and faculty startup funds (C.E.C.) Start Date : 01/01/2021 Faculty Investigator : Dr. Christopher E. Carr Project Status : Instrument in validation; Venus Photon under development. The discovery of organic chemistry or life in the clouds of Venus, […]
Project Sponsor : NSF Start Date : 10/01/2019 Faculty Investigator : Dr. Glenn Lightsey Project Status : Integration and Testing Georgia Tech’s SSDL is participating in a multi-university CubeSat formation flying mission to image the sun in unprecedented high resolution, revealing energy release sites in the solar corona that are believe to be the source […]
Project Sponsor : NASA/SSERVI Center for Lunar Environment and Volatile Exploration Research (CLEVER) Start Date : 9/2022 Faculty Investigator : Dr. Masatoshi “Toshi” Hirabayashi Project Status : Ongoing The main task is to set up a vacuum chamber that can simulate the pressure and temperature conditions of the moon. We aim to achieve pressure of […]
Project Sponsor : NASA (Cryospheric Science Research Announcement, ROSES-2020) Start Date : 08/01/2023 Faculty Investigator : Dr. Brian Gunter Project Status : In progress Glacial Isostatic Adjustment (GIA), specifically so the post-glacial rebound component, describes the response of the solid earth to variable ice loading. Using satellite gravimetry from GRACE and GRACE-FO, altimetry from ICESat-2 […]
Project Sponsor : DARPA Start Date : 07/23/2019 Faculty Investigator : Dr. Koki Ho Project Status : Research Ongoing Develop a set of time-expanded network methods and algorithms to model and optimize the on-orbit servicing, assembly, and manufacturing mission sequences, enabling efficient space traffic management.
Project Sponsor : NSF Start Date : 01/01/2020 Faculty Investigator : Dr. Glenn Lightsey Project Status : Subsystem Assembly and Testing Georgia Tech’s SSDL is participating in a multi-university CubeSat formation flying mission to address Geospace science questions related to the Earth’s upper atmosphere. Description The equatorial thermal anomaly (ETA) and equatorial ionization anomaly (EIA) […]
Project Sponsor : DARPA DSO, Honeywell Aerospace Prime Start Date : 10/01/2023 Faculty Investigator : Dr. Álvaro Romero-Calvo Project Status : Active Our Low-Gravity Science and Technology Lab is working with Honeywell Aerospace and Soter Technology to design a self-assembling liquid mirror telescope with off-axis tilting and slewing capabilities. The effort, supported by the DARPA Zenith Program, explores […]
Project Sponsor : NASA Faculty Investigator : Dr. Glenn Lightsey Project Status : Ongoing Georgia Tech’s SSDL is studying new methods of conducting radionavigation with minimal infrastructure at remote locations like the Moon and Mars.
Project Sponsor : AFRL Start Date : 08/01/2022 Faculty Investigator : Professor Brian Gunter Project Status : To be delivered Summer 2024 OrCa-2 is a continued effort to improve Space Domain Awareness (SDA) in collaboration with the Air Force Research Laboratory. By fully characterizing the reflectance properties on Earth, OrCa-2 can aid the calibration of […]