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Goonhilly Earth Station

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Goonhilly Earth Station is a pioneering UK-based commercial space and satellite communications provider. It offers deep-space tracking and communication services for missions to the Moon and Mars, supporting agencies like ESA, NASA, and ISRO, as well as private space exploration companies. Goonhilly also provides satellite services from LEO to GEO, including uplink/broadcast and telemetry tracking, with over 90 antennas worldwide.

commercialFounded 2009
Goonhilly Downs, England, United Kingdom
www.goonhilly.org
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The trial is being completed by a Viasat-led UK team including Goonhilly Earth Station, CGI UK, GMV, Ordnance Survey, Cranfield University, the Cranfield National Flying Laboratory Centre, and Pildo Labs.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 3.2Jan 22, 2024Viasat Successfully Demonstrates UK Satellite-Based Augmentation System

The UK SBAS trial is being completed by a Viasat-led team that includes Goonhilly Earth Station, CGI UK, GMV, Ordnance Survey, Cranfield University, the Cranfield National Flying Laboratory Center, and Pildo Labs.

PlanRelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Jan 21, 2024Viasat successfully demos the UK sovereign satellite navigation overlay for the 1st time

The UK SBAS trial is being completed by a Viasat-led team that includes Goonhilly Earth Station, CGI UK, GMV, Ordnance Survey, Cranfield University, the Cranfield National Flying Laboratory Centre, and Pildo Labs.

RelationshipsPlanValue 3.2Jan 18, 2024UK Sovereign Satellite Navigation Overlay Successfully Demonstrated for First Time

Goonhilly has offered the world’s only private lunar and deep space communications service from its UK site since 2021.

CapabilityPlanValue 3.0Nov 2, 2023Goonhilly Expands Satcom Reach with Acquisition of Two US COMSAT Teleports

Goonhilly operates from the Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall, UK.

GeneralValue 2.0Nov 2, 2023Goonhilly Expands Satcom Reach with Acquisition of Two US COMSAT Teleports

Goonhilly will collaborate with ESA’s ESTRACK network to provide communication and tracking support for the Aditya-L1 mission from its early stages.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Sep 5, 2023Goonhilly Earth Station: Continuing success with Aditya-L1 launch support

Goonhilly Earth Station is providing support for ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander mission during the cruise, lunar orbit, and on-surface operations phases.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0Jul 17, 2023Goonhilly Earth Station to demo UK commercial space comms for 2023 Lunar and solar missions

ESA’s deep-space communication antennas and Goonhilly’s GHY-6 will track the spacecraft, determine their locations, transmit commands, and receive telemetry and scientific data for Chandrayaan-3 and Aditya-L1.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.4Jul 17, 2023Goonhilly Earth Station to demo UK commercial space comms for 2023 Lunar and solar missions

Goonhilly Earth Station will support Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 mission during the cruise, lunar orbit, and on-surface operations phases.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Jul 17, 2023Goonhilly Earth Station to demo UK commercial space comms for 2023 Lunar and solar missions

Goonhilly Earth Station validated lunar telemetry and tracking capabilities for IM-1 by successfully acquiring and tracking NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter in an exercise with Intuitive Machines personnel.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Jul 17, 2023Goonhilly Earth Station to demo UK commercial space comms for 2023 Lunar and solar missions

Goonhilly’s GHY-6 antenna will work alongside ESA’s Kourou antenna in French Guiana to support the Chandrayaan-3 mission.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Jul 17, 2023Goonhilly Earth Station to demo UK commercial space comms for 2023 Lunar and solar missions

The commercial Goonhilly Earth Station in the United Kingdom will provide support for HAKUTO Mission 1 as part of the Estrack extended network.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 4.0Dec 1, 2022European Space Agency to Provide Communication Services for ispace's HAKUTO-R Lunar Mission 1

The COSMIC mission will be developed in collaboration with 10 UK-based partner companies including MDA UK, Thales Alenia Space UK, Nammo, GMV-NSL, NORSS, Goonhilly, Satellite Applications Catapult, and Willis Towers Watson.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Sep 26, 2022Astroscale Forges Ahead with UK Active Debris Removal Mission with Support from UK Space Agency

Piran Composites secured a contract with Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd. to build antennas.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Sep 1, 2022Piran Composites now engaged in the next stages carbon fiber aerostructure development

Spaceport Cornwall is operated by a consortium comprising Virgin Orbit, the UK Space Agency, Goonhilly Earth Station, and the Cornwall Council unitary authority.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 4.0Jul 22, 2022UK launches consultation on Virgin Orbit launch

Steve Jones co-founded Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd., contributing significantly to its start-up and early business development.

GovernanceValue 2.0Jul 6, 2022Celestia Group appoints new senior leadership

Inmarsat, Goonhilly Earth Station Limited, and GMVNSL Limited are delivering UK Space Agency-funded tests with the European Space Agency via ESA’s Navigation Innovation and Support Program (NAVISP).

PlanRelationshipsValue 3.6Jun 13, 2022UK Satnav signal generated in new test by Inmarsat, Goonhilly and GMVNSL will provide safety-critical capabilities

Since 2014 the partners in Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd. have been focused on building the company and investing in the site.

GrowthCapabilityRelationshipsValue 2.3Dec 16, 2021First Commercial Lunar Distance Communications Network Validated In Space

Intuitive Machines and Goonhilly Earth Station are offering commercial services for lunar communications using GHY-6 and Intuitive Machines’ Lunar Telemetry and Tracking Network.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Dec 16, 2021First Commercial Lunar Distance Communications Network Validated In Space

Goonhilly provides connectivity and operational solutions to GEO, MEO, and LEO satellite fleet operators, broadcasters, space agencies, governments, and commercial enterprises operating in cis-lunar and deep space.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.0Dec 16, 2021First Commercial Lunar Distance Communications Network Validated In Space
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