Slogan: "Space is Go" |
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| Type | Private |
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| Industry | Aerospace |
| Founded | Atlanta, Georgia (August 1, 2000) |
| Headquarters | Atlanta, Georgia Washington, D.C. |
| Key people | John R. Olds, PhD CEO and Principal Engineer John E. Bradford, PhD President, Engineering Division A.C. Charania President, Commercial Division Jon G. Wallace President, Software Division |
| Products | Aerospace engineering services and software |
| Employees | 15+ |
| Divisions | Engineering Commercial Software |
| Subsidiaries | Generation Orbit Launch Services |
| Website | www.sei.aero |
SpaceWorks Enterprises, Inc. (also referred to as "SpaceWorks" or "SEI") is a small aerospace engineering company focused on advanced concepts for NASA, United States Air Force, DARPA, and the commercial space industry. SEI was founded in 2000 by Dr. John R. Olds, then a tenured professor in the School of Aerospace Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia.[1],[2] The firm was previously known as SpaceWorks Engineering, Inc. (SEI) and officially changed its name in 2011.
SpaceWorks was named the 39th fastest growing Engineering firm in the United States according to the 2011 Inc. 500/5000 list.[3]
The firm's small satellite mission concept called Foresight won The 2007 Planetary Society 99942 Apophis Mission Design Competition.[4],[5]
The firm also designed an asteroid mitigation mission concept referred to as MADMEN or Modular Asteroid Deflection Mission Ejector Node, one of the more modern use of spacecraft swarms for planetary defense missions.[6],[7]
Personnel from the firm were part of the committee staff for the Review of United States Human Space Flight Plans Committee, providing engineering analysis support to the committee.
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