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California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA) is a leading public university located in Los Angeles, recognized for its commitment to student upward mobility. Established in 1947, the university serves over 28,000 students and boasts a network of more than 245,000 alumni. Cal State LA offers a range of nationally recognized programs across various fields, including science, the arts, business, criminal justice, engineering, nursing, education, and the humanities. The university is also notable for its facilities, which include the Luckman Fine Arts Complex, Pat Brown Institute for Public Affairs, and the Hydrogen Research and Fueling Facility. Furthermore, Cal State LA manages an endowment fund that supports scholarships, research, and academic programs, ensuring its mission of engagement and service to the community is upheld.

The Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) is responsible for providing educational services across Nevada. It manages the NSHE Endowment, based in Las Vegas, which generates earnings to support a variety of initiatives, including scholarships, faculty positions, research, and public service programs. The endowment is overseen by the board of regents, with assistance from an investment committee, ensuring that the funds are effectively allocated to enhance the educational landscape of the state. Through its financial management and educational offerings, NSHE plays a crucial role in promoting higher education and research within Nevada.

The Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) is responsible for providing educational services across Nevada. It manages the NSHE Endowment, based in Las Vegas, which generates earnings to support a variety of initiatives, including scholarships, faculty positions, research, and public service programs. The endowment is overseen by the board of regents, with assistance from an investment committee, ensuring that the funds are effectively allocated to enhance the educational landscape of the state. Through its financial management and educational offerings, NSHE plays a crucial role in promoting higher education and research within Nevada.

SES Government Solutions provides satellite bandwidth and end-to-end communication capability to hosted payloads, each solution is custom-designed to meet a specific mission.

Inmarsat Government provides highly reliable, secure, and affordable global mobile satellite communication services to US defense, intelligence, homeland security, public safety, and civilian agencies. Inmarsat Government, designed with government users in mind, offers resilient, flexible capabilities to supplement government satellite resources anytime, anywhere. Inmarsat Government provides a suite of managed network services and end-to-end communication solutions to users on land, at sea, and in the air, even in the world's most remote regions, leveraging an industry-leading scalable multiband network infrastructure.

Kuiper Government Solutions (KGS) is an Amazon subsidiary that provides high-speed, low-latency, and secure satellite broadband services to government customers in the United States and other countries. Its proposed method demonstrates a commercial optical low-Earth orbiting relay network for high- and low-rate SATCOM services to low-Earth orbiting spacecraft for routine missions, contingency operations, and early operations phase communications.

NanoRacks LLC was formed in 2009 to provide commercial hardware and services for the U.S. National Laboratory onboard the International Space Station via a Space Act Agreement with NASA. NanoRacks’ main office is in Houston, Texas, right alongside the NASA Johnson Space Center. The Business Development office is in Washington, DC. Additional offices are located in Silicon Valley, California and Leiden, Netherlands. In July 2015, NanoRacks signed a teaming agreement with Blue Origin to offer integration services on their New Shepard space vehicle. The Company has grown into the Operating System for Space Utilization by having the tools, the hardware and the services to allow other companies, organizations and governments to realize their own space plans. As of June 2018, over 700 payloads have been deployed by NanoRacks on the International Space Station and our customer base includes the European Space Agency (ESA) the German Space Agency (DLR,) the American space agency (NASA,) US Government Agencies, Planet Labs, Urthecast, Space Florida, NCESSE, Virgin Galactic, pharmaceutical drug companies, and organizations in Vietnam, UK, Romania and Israel. The NanoRacks customer base has propelled the company into a leadership position in understanding the emerging commercial market for low-earth orbit utilization.

Northrop Grumman Corporation is a prominent American aerospace and defense technology company headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia. As one of the largest weapons manufacturers globally, Northrop Grumman is engaged in the development and production of a wide array of military and civil technologies. The company operates through several segments: Aeronautics Systems, which includes the production of advanced aircraft such as the F-35 and Global Hawk drones; Defense Systems, focusing on artillery, missile systems, and military aircraft upgrades; Mission Systems, which integrates radar, navigation, and communication systems for various platforms; and Space Systems, responsible for spacecraft and high-energy laser systems. Northrop Grumman’s diverse offerings play a critical role in national defense and support various civilian space initiatives.