Alethium Corp. Mission-critical satellite ground systems for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory since 2002.
Veteran-owned · Direct prime contractor to NASA JPL

Mission-critical software for satellite ground systems.

Mission-critical satellite ground systems for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory since 2002.

Since 2002 SAM.gov UEI HNF1JXGKW5P7 NAICS 541511
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35+

Years supporting NASA JPL satellite ground systems

8

JPL / NASA satellite missions supported

2002

JPL Software of the Year — Jason-1 JTCCS

FY23

JPL Small Vendor of the Year

Company Overview

Alethium Corp. is a veteran-owned small-business technology company and a direct prime contractor to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory — verifiable on SAM.gov (UEI HNF1JXGKW5P7, NAICS 541511 — Custom Computer Programming Services).

For more than two decades, Alethium has contributed to NASA JPL satellite ground systems for Earth-observing and astrophysics missions — including Jason-1, OSTM/Jason-2, Jason-3, WISE/NEOWISE, ASTERIA, and SPHEREx. Our founders are co-recipients with the Jason-1 JTCCS team of the 2002 JPL Software of the Year award and an Honorable Mention for the 2002 NASA Software of the Year. Alethium Corp. was named JPL Small Vendor of the Year for FY23.

Alethium Corp. was established in March 2002 in Pasadena, CA, and is now headquartered in San Diego, CA. The senior management team has more than 70 years combined experience in mission-critical software, satellite ground systems, and federal-program execution.

Mission portfolio

Satellite projects

  • TOPEX/Poseidon

    Decommissioned

    Ocean Topography Experiment (NASA / CNES)

    The pioneering joint NASA / CNES satellite radar-altimetry mission that established the continuous global sea-level record continued today by Jason-1, Jason-2, Jason-3, and Sentinel-6.

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  • Jason-1

    Decommissioned

    Ocean Surface Topography Mission (NASA / CNES)

    A joint NASA / CNES radar altimetry satellite that mapped global sea level, wave height, and ocean winds for over a decade — the follow-on to TOPEX/Poseidon.

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  • WISE / NEOWISE

    Decommissioned

    Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NASA)

    NASA's all-sky infrared survey mission. Catalogued three-quarters of a billion objects, discovered the coolest brown dwarfs and the most luminous galaxies, and was later reactivated as NEOWISE to hunt near-Earth asteroids.

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  • OSTM / Jason-2

    Decommissioned

    Ocean Surface Topography Mission (NASA / CNES / NOAA / EUMETSAT)

    The third mission in the U.S.–European ocean-altimetry series, continuing the global sea-surface height record begun by TOPEX/Poseidon and Jason-1.

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  • Jason-3

    Operational

    Ocean Surface Topography Mission (NASA / CNES / NOAA / EUMETSAT)

    The fourth mission in the U.S.–European ocean-altimetry series. Operational since 2016, Jason-3 measures sea-surface height across 95% of the world's ice-free oceans every ten days.

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  • CALIPSO

    Mission concluded

    Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (NASA / CNES)

    A joint NASA / CNES Earth-observation satellite that used lidar and infrared instruments to study the role of clouds and atmospheric aerosols in Earth's climate, weather, and air quality.

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  • ASTERIA

    Mission concluded

    Arcsecond Space Telescope Enabling Research in Astrophysics (NASA JPL / MIT)

    A six-unit CubeSat technology demonstration developed by JPL and MIT to achieve arcsecond-level pointing precision and stable focal-plane temperature control from a small satellite platform.

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  • SPHEREx

    Operational

    Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer (NASA)

    A NASA Astrophysics Explorer mission performing the first all-sky spectroscopic survey in the near-infrared — mapping more than 450 million galaxies and 100 million Milky Way stars to investigate cosmic inflation, galaxy formation, and the origins of life-sustaining molecules.

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