About

building the ultimate high ground

The Space Infrastructure Laboratory Corp. (SIL) is a not-for-profit university-affiliated research center (UARC) in Ithaca, New York. It is affiliated with Cornell University and was established as an initiative with the New York Space Consortium for Space Technology Innovation and Development. As a Department of Defense (DoD) designated defense manufacturing center and awardee of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Strategic Technology Office (STO) BRIDGES Consortium (TA-2 Space Superiority), SIL will leverage its state of the art facilities and expertise to deliver critical space capabilities to government agencies and sponsors.

Cornell University's world class facilities and resources positions SIL as the leading UARC for delivering critical space technologies, systems, and capabilities.

High-bay for spacecraft development, assembly, integration; on-orbit mission simulations
Mission control center for hardware testing/simulation and real-world on-orbit operation
Environmental testing equipment, Class 10000 cleanroom and ESD isolation workspaces
Resources: Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source and Cornell Center for Materials Research