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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
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Total Launches
No flights tracked
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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$19.62B across 400 awards
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RECENT DEALS & CONTRACTS

Date Type Amount Counterparty Significance
Apr 08, 2026 Contract Award $8.0M National Aeronautics and Space Administration, CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Medium
Mar 24, 2026 Contract Award $4.8M 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
Oct 01, 2025 Contract Award $2.8M National Aeronautics and Space Administration, CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Medium
Sep 26, 2025 Contract Award $1.3M National Aeronautics and Space Administration, CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Low

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SECTOR POSITION

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

RECENT COVERAGE

Date Source Headline
Apr 08, 2026 USAspending.gov Administration Awards $8.0M to CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY for JPL BUILDING 230 REPLACE MAIN ELECTRICAL SWITCHGEAR 1A & 2A
Oct 01, 2025 USAspending.gov Administration Awards $2.8M to CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY for HIGH PERFORMANCE SPACEFLIGHT COMPUTING (HPSC) INTEGRATION AND SOSA TESTBED FOR A...
Sep 26, 2025 USAspending.gov Administration Awards $1.3M to CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY for FY25 - NASA-ISRO SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR (NISAR) AWARDED TASKS
Sep 23, 2025 USAspending.gov Administration Awards $1.2M to CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY for STRATEGIC INSIGHTS AND BUDGET (SIB) SUPPORT FOLLOW-ON (16-231294)
Sep 22, 2025 USAspending.gov Administration Awards $2.0M to CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY for TIME SENSITIVE NETWORK EMBEDDED TECHNOLOGY (TNET) PROJECT (87-231631)

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.

Not investment advice. For insurance underwriting, verify against primary-source filings and operator investigation reports.