National Security Space Roles

As a partner, APL/NSS offers a wide range of capabilities and services in three primary areas:

Technical Direction

• Providing studies, analyses and technical advice
• Providing data analyses and decision aids

Advanced Technology Development

• Materials science to technology applications
• ISR sensors to weather instruments

Implementation of Space Missions

• Mission design
• Building, integrating, and testing space and ground systems
• Algorithms and software for leveraging space-borne data
• Operations