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Caltech / JPL

Active Space Mining Government HQ: Pasadena, California Founded 1891

Caltech manages NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory under FFRDC agreement. JPL is NASA's primary center for robotic planetary exploration. Contract awards appear under 'California Institute of Technology' in USASpending records.

64.1
ARI Composite
Very Low Risk
#1 of 17
Peer Rank
Infrastructure cohort
Total Launches
No flights tracked
Estimated valuation
Not disclosed

FINANCIAL HEALTH

64.1
ARI composite · Very Low Risk
Peer rank#1 of 17
Peer groupInfrastructure
Data coverage53%
Tracked gov contracts$19.69B across 406 awards

RECENT DEALS & CONTRACTS

Date Type Amount Counterparty Significance
Apr 28, 2026 Contract Award $11.2M National Aeronautics and Space Administration, CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Medium
Apr 27, 2026 Contract Award $28.0M National Aeronautics and Space Administration, CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Medium
Apr 08, 2026 Contract Award $8.0M National Aeronautics and Space Administration, CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Medium
Mar 24, 2026 Contract Award $6.8M National Aeronautics and Space Administration, CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Medium
Dec 29, 2025 Contract Award $7.0M National Aeronautics and Space Administration, CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Medium

Full deal history →

SECTOR POSITION

Primary sectorSpace Mining
Rank within sector#1 of 17
Tracked peers17
Secondary sectors

RECENT COVERAGE

Date Source Headline
May 03, 2026 NASASpaceFlight SpaceX launches CAS500-2 and 45 other payloads to Sun-synchronous orbit
Apr 28, 2026 USAspending.gov Administration Awards $3.0M to CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY for JPL CONTRIBUTIONS TO LUNAR MICROWAVE ACTIVE PASSIVE SPECTROMETER (44-232126)
Apr 28, 2026 USAspending.gov Administration Awards $11.2M to CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY for SOUTH POLE SEISMIC STATION (SPSS) (40-232473)
Apr 27, 2026 USAspending.gov Administration Awards $28.0M to CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY for JPL LUNAR DRONES (54-232663)
Apr 08, 2026 USAspending.gov Administration Awards $8.0M to CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY for JPL BUILDING 230 REPLACE MAIN ELECTRICAL SWITCHGEAR 1A & 2A

REGISTRY DATA

Legal nameCalifornia Institute of Technology
OwnershipGovernment
HeadquartersPasadena, California
CountryUS
Founded1891
AliasesCaltech, California Institute of Technology, CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, JPL, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech/JPL
SubsidiariesJet Propulsion Laboratory
Key programsMars rovers (Curiosity, Perseverance), Europa Clipper, Psyche, Cassini, Voyager (ops)
Gov customersNASA
IPO statusN/A — FFRDC / University

Source: space_company_registry.json · Operator homepage → · Caltech official site — confirms operational management of NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and SPHEREx / Mars Sample Return programs.

METHODOLOGY

Launch history and subsystem outcomes aggregate from AstraVeris's launch_events table with Wilson 95% lower bounds on success rates. ARI scores come from the 11-factor composite (/finance/methodology/). Constellation counts derive from the live CelesTrak/GCAT object catalog. Gov contracts from USAspending.gov awards; private deals from deduplicated pipeline deal extraction. Absence of a row means "not tracked" — we never fabricate. See /methodology/ for the full data model and /data-licensing/ for licensing terms.

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