"Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems (S&IS) is the world's leading manufacturer of geostationary satellites. The factory, known as the Satellite Development Center, (SDC) is headquartered in El Segundo, California."
Boeing provides financial support.

"Edwards offers the broadest range of technologies and products, coupled with unrivalled applications and systems engineering expertise, to provide you with the optimum vacuum package. We add value from initial advice right through to final installation and support - delivering safe, reliable solutions that improve our customers’ performance."
Edwards donated a dry pump for the SSPL thermal-vacuum system.

"Star-H Corporation specializes in the design and manufacture of advanced antenna systems for broadcast, wireless communications, and wireless LAN applications." (located in State College, PA)
Star-H provides financial support.

"Actel Corporation is the leader in single-chip FPGA solutions. Actel provides its customers with a range of single-chip, flash-based solutions to address design challenges in the avionics, communications, consumer and industrial markets. Actel offers a broad portfolio of nonvolatile antifuse-based FPGAs to solve the performance, power, security and reliability needs for the aerospace, automotive, avionics, communications, consumer, industrial and military markets."
Actel provided development boards.

"Our corporation, headquartered in Bethesda, Md., is organized around our core business areas - Aeronautics, Electronic Systems, Information Systems & Global Services, and Space Systems."
Lockheed Martin provides financial support.

"The PSGC is part of a national network of 52 state-wide Consortia. The Space Grant mission is to expand opportunities for Americans to learn about and participate in NASA's aeronautics and space programs by supporting and enhancing science and engineering education, research, and outreach programs."
The Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium provides financial support.