Space

We provide hardware, services and solutions to all sectors of the space community. We support NASA operating both the Space Shuttle and International Space Station (ISS) and assist the United States Air Force by leading the systems engineering and integration effort necessary to develop, operate and maintain the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS) for military and civil users worldwide.

Our dedicated team of space-focused professionals can be found providing critical expertise and experience to our clients at locations across the globe, including primary NASA, USAF, U.S. Army, Missile Defense Agency and DoD locations nationwide. Our capabilities portfolio spans the spectrum of needs of the space community and can be categorized into space systems development; systems engineering and integration; professional acquisition services; space infrastructure provision and exploitation of space assets.

Space Systems Development

SAIC has been designing, building, and supporting operations of space system payloads for over 30 years. We conduct mission analyses to define requirements, provide design, development, integration and test, and on-orbit support for these payloads. We have supported the design, development, and operation of such payloads as the MSTI-3 multi-spectral sensor and the hyper-spectral sensor for the Naval Earth Map Observer (NEMO) satellite system, the XSS-10 and 11 imaging sensors for space rendezvous missions, Orbital Express, the optical payload for the NFIRE program, and the Window Observational Research Facility on the International Space Station. We are also currently developing an Advanced Infra-Red Satellite System payload.

Space Systems Engineering and Integration

Our scientists, engineers and programmers provide a full range of engineering and integration management support for military and civil space customers. We are the prime contractor leading the systems engineering and integration efforts for the U.S. Air Force Global Positioning System Wing.

We provide advanced space mission planning expertise to the U.S. military and to space research centers developing and operating robotic missions in near-earth orbit, those bound for other bodies in the solar system and for missions of human exploration of the moon and Mars. We also apply our significant credentials across numerous engineering analysis disciplines in support of critical national space programs.

Professional Acquisition Services

SAIC is a leader in applying its space expertise to the space system acquisition support needs of government, civil and commercial clients. We are the integration contractor for the Air Force Space and Missile System Center's advanced concepts and programs, and we assist Air Force Space Command to plan, launch, operate, and support military space systems. Our planners and engineers deliver high value products and recommendations to government decision makers throughout the national security space systems domain.

We support NASA, USAF and other government customers with unmanned space launch services on the Eastern and Western Ranges. Our engineers assist the NASA Earth and Space Science Support Office in evaluating proposed new projects for space exploration programs such as Discovery, the Explorer series, New Frontiers, Earth System Science Pathfinders, and many others. We also a play significant role in manned space flight support assisting with operation of the Space Shuttle and ISS programs and supporting the development of next-generation manned space exploration system Constellation, and its Ares launch vehicles and Orion crew exploration vehicle.

Space Infrastructure Provision

SAIC applies its leadership in information systems and technologies to several areas of its space business activities, primarily through the development of data systems that support global change monitoring and meteorological research. SAIC builds science data systems for remotely sensed data for NASA and NOAA that cover the full life cycle from raw data to phenomenology, developing science data production requirements through design, development, test, and operation of the systems.

We provide operations support to space systems to enhance military operations, providing field support, management, training, and developing product capabilities that enable productive incorporation of space-provided information and capabilities. We provide engineers and technicians that support space telemetry downlink operations and analysis, providing analytical expertise in decomposing data streams, improving data quality providing data analysis products.

Exploitation of Space Assets

SAIC is able to exploit its advanced understanding of the space domain to provide imagery and mapping management, and data dissemination to support military and civil operations. We construct mapping and simulation products for a wide range of customers. Our engineers helped make the GPS a reality. Today, we apply expert knowledge of GPS and, more generically, our position, navigation and timing (PNT) credentials in the design and operation of military, government, civilian and international applications.

We also support NASA, NOAA, EPA, USGS, NGA other federal agencies, and a diverse set of commercial and international customers in a broad range of space, earth, ocean, and atmospheric applied sciences and research. Our strong focus on global change and meteorological research includes both scientific research and the development of data systems that support that research.