Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) is a nonprofit government contractor owned by Utah State University.

SDL designs and develops electro-optical sensors, builds small satellites, provides calibration services, and creates real-time data reconnaissance systems.

[2] SDL employs over 900 engineers, students, and professional staff at facilities in Logan, Utah; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Bedford, Massachusetts; Dayton, Ohio; Huntsville, Alabama; Houston, Texas; Los Angeles, California; and Washington, D.C. SDL origins date back to 1948 with experiments by the University of Utah Upper Air Research Laboratory (UARL) to measure electron density in the upper atmosphere of Earth utilizing German V-2 rockets.

[5] In 2019, NASA selected USU to conduct the Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE) led by Mike Taylor.

AWE involves an imager built at SDL that will be mounted on the International Space Station (ISS) to map airglow.