Gov entities / 100
Stennis Space Center
| id | 100 |
|---|---|
| name | Stennis Space Center |
| acronym | SSC |
| gov_entity_type | installation |
| sponsoring_agency | NASA |
| managing_contractor | — |
| metro_area | — |
| hq_city | Bay St. Louis |
| hq_state | MS |
| hq_country | US |
| description | Announced 25 Oct 1961 after an exhaustive site selection that reviewed other coastal sites including Eglin and Caribbean/Pacific islands.... |
| annual_budget_usd | — |
| employees | — |
| founded_year | — |
| website | — |
| has_tech_transfer | false |
| tt_office_name | — |
| sbir_active | false |
| annual_sbir_usd | — |
| spinout_count | — |
| focus_areas | — |
| data_confidence | web_search |
| data_source | NASA Mississippi Test Facility site-selection record (25 Oct 1961), researched 2026-08-16 |
| created_at | 2026-08-16T22:00:52.505642+00:00 |
| updated_at | 2026-08-16T22:00:52.505642+00:00 |
| region | — |
| secondary_metro | — |
| county_fips | 28045 |
| established_year | 1961 |
| siting_constraint | barge_access_acoustic_buffer_corridor |
| work_character | testing |