Space Dynamics Laboratory
As a not-for-profit unit of the Utah State University Research Foundation, SDL solves the technical challenges faced by the military, science community, and industry through:
- Serving MDA and the DoD as the University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) for electro-optical sensor systems research and development
- Designing and delivering electro-optical and space environment sensors and subsystems for over 400 rocket-borne and space-based payloads
- Pioneering efficient and effective calibration and characterization techniques and facilities
- Innovating CubeSat busses and small-scale components that provide large-scale benefits to the customer
- Enabling significant advances in data compression, processing, and exploitation
- Developing real-time reconnaissance data visualization hardware and software for operational military applications
