The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center founded by the University of California in 1952. It is a research and development institution for science and technology.

The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has a mission of strengthening the United States’ security through development and application of world-class science and technology to:

• Enhance the nation’s defense;
• Reduce the global threat from terrorism and weapons of mass destruction;
• And respond with vision, quality, integrity and technical excellence to scientific issues of national importance.

LLNL is home to many unique facilities and a number of the most powerful computer systems in the world,

The laboratory was honored in 2012 by having the synthetic chemical element livermorium named after it.

It is primarily funded by the United States Department of Energy (DOE).

The Golden Spike Company is an American space transport startup company,with the objective to offer private commercial space transportation services to the surface of the Moon.

The company is planning to transform human space exploration by putting in place affordably priced lunar orbital and surface expeditions to the only natural satellite of the Earth – the Moon. Golden Spike will further transform human lunar exploration by making these missions participatory expeditions that involve the general public in ways that create exciting new ways to monetize human space exploration.

The name of the company is in reference to the ceremonial final spike placed in the First Transcontinental Railroad upon its completion. 

Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC) is a command and control (C2) weapon system focused on planning and executing US Strategic Command's Joint Functional Component Command for Space (JFCC SPACE) mission.

The purpose of the JSpOC is to provide a focal point for the operational employment of worldwide joint space forces, and enable the Commander of JFCC SPACE to integrate space power into global military operations. The JSpOC is located at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. It is the organization responsible for performing all of the orbit determination activity necessary to maintain the US space catalogue. 

In particular it keeps a real-time catalog of orbiting objects, including debris.

Skybox Imaging is developing a high performance constellation of imaging micro-satellites to deliver high resolution imagery of any spot on Earth multiple times per day. Skybox sells timely satellite imagery and derived information products to commercial customers and governments worldwide.

The Skybox team's mission is to expand significantly the use of satellite imagery for commercial customers and governments alike. 

Nov 2012: as we approach the launch date of our first satellite, SkySat-1, our team is focused on completing the construction of the satellite and ground infrastructure, as well as building strong relationships with our partners and customers. SkySat-1 is a commercial Earth observation satellite, licensed to collect high resolution panchromatic and multispectral images of the Earth. The satellite will operate in a polar inclined, circular orbit at approximately 450 km above the earth.

The International Space Innovation Centre (ISIC) is a British organisation aimed to drive innovation and enterprise, creating new technologies and developing applications and intellectual property for the benefit of the United Kingdom.

It was Launched in May 2011, as a not-for-profit organisation between industry, academia and government. ISIC was established as part of the UK's Space Innovation and Growth Strategy. It has been created at Harwell, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, alongside the research facility for the ESA. Some of its tasks are to investigate climate change, and the security of space systems.

ISIC also provides a unique European capability with state-of-the-art facilities, including an Operations Centre, Security and Resilience Unit, Visualisation Centre, and Applications Innovation Centre. In addition, we enable access to facilities owned by our member organisations. Access to all these facilities is supported by the world-class expertise available through ISIC.

It is funded partly by the British government, and partly by the industry.

ISIC's vision is to create a positive environment in which government, industry and academia can collaborate to accelerate the development and commercialisation of space technologies and applications, creating growth for the economy :

• Forge a bridge between space technology and applications sectors
• Increase competitiveness in a rapidly growing world market
• Promote open innovation and partnership
• Provide links to wider capabilities across the UK and internationally
• Marshal the UK's considerable capabilities for maximum impact
• Reach out to the broader community and engage with non-space partners to capitalise on applications and services opportunities

The Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society (RSPSoc) is a UK's Society for remote sensing and photogrammetry and their application to education, science, research, industry, commerce and the public service.

As a charity, its remit is to inform and educate its members and the public. It supports networking between the university, business and government sectors. Being an international society, RSPSoc is also active in Europe and on the world stage.

The Geological Remote Sensing Group (GRSG) was founded in 1989 to foster awareness of remote sensing and related techniques in the geological and geophysical communities.

It comprises a mixed membership from industry, government and academic organizations, providing a balanced scientific, technical and commercial forum for discussion and debate. Its aims are pursued by means of a regular newsletter, a Web Site, and by holding regular meetings in the UK and overseas.

The GRSG is a special interest group of the Geological Society and the Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society (RSPSoc).

The Dark Cosmology Centre is a research centre focusing on dark matter and dark energy. It was established by the Danish National Research Foundation (DNRF) in September 2005, as part of the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen. It is mainly funded by the DNRF for a duration of ten years (2005-2015). 

Aims
The centre objective is to gain astrophysical insight into the nature of the mysterious dark energy and dark matter. The nature of dark matter and energy is yet unkown. The existence of dark matter is inferred through its gravitational effects on ordinary, visible matter. The existence of dark energy is inferred from its effect on the expansion of the Universe.

Team
Currently (Nov. 2012) the centre consists of 40 research staff, a centre coordinator, two secretaries, an IT manager and assistant, 12 PhD students, and 9 MSc students (list here). The team members bring in key expertises and interact closely on a daily basis. In addition, DARK receives around 100 visits per year from international collaborators.

Activities
The centre focuses on research, but other activities are also important: research training, teaching, and conveying the results and methods of studying the dark Universe to the public. Increasing the number of women in science, and in particular astronomy, is also among the long-term goals of the Centre.

Romantis group is specialized in space segment trading, VSAT hardware manufacturing and service provisioning based on own satellite platforms. Its main activity is satellite communications.

Romantis is a vertically integrated group of companies with its head office in Berlin, Germany, and operations worldwide. It is a value-added reseller of satellite capacity and manufacturer of satellite networking products. Romantis' vision is to provide clients with high-quality customized communications packages based on the diversified range of satellite resources and innovative hardware products.

Satrec Initiative (SI) is a satellite manufacturer offering proposing platforms for Earth observation missions, offering customers worldwide turnkey satellite platforms, electro-optical instruments, ground systems and components.

SI provides solutions for Earth observation missions and applications. SI activities cover the whole spectrum for Earth observation missions including spacecraft bus, Earth observation payload, communication equipment and satellite image receiving and processing system.

SI also provides technical consulting and engineering support from multi-disciplinary and highly experienced engineers and scientists.

SI was founded in 1999.