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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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Goonhilly Earth Station opened the GHY-6 antenna for deep space communications.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Sep 7, 2021Aerospace Cornwall To Deliver The UK’s First MILO Ambassador Program

Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd. is working with the MILO Institute to deliver the MILO Ambassador program.

RelationshipsValue 3.2Sep 7, 2021Aerospace Cornwall To Deliver The UK’s First MILO Ambassador Program

Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd. will provide Intuitive Machines access to its newly upgraded deep space antenna GHY-6 to facilitate communications between Intuitive Machines’ lunar missions and the ground.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Jun 30, 2021Intuitive Machines’ Moon Missions Will be Supported By Goonhilly

Intuitive Machines will use Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd.’s services for its 2022 IM-1 mission to the Moon and for future missions.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.0Jun 30, 2021Intuitive Machines’ Moon Missions Will be Supported By Goonhilly

Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd. will provide mission tracking and data downlink services to support Intuitive Machines’ lunar missions.

RelationshipsCapabilityPlanValue 4.0Jun 30, 2021Intuitive Machines’ Moon Missions Will be Supported By Goonhilly

Goonhilly Earth Station intends to use its new GHY-6 antenna to enable deep space communications for missions to the Moon and Mars.

PlanCapabilityValue 3.6Feb 18, 2021Goonhilly Has a New Antenna and They Plan to Use It for the Mars Landing

Goonhilly Earth Station Limited of the United Kingdom is a member of the ESA study team led by Airbus and Astrobotic.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 3.0Feb 26, 2019Astrobotic Team Selected by ESA to Study Delivery of Lunar Resources Mission

Goonhilly Earth Station plans to expand globally with two new ground stations, one in Australia and one in California.

PlanGrowthValue 4.0Jan 30, 2019FIRST UP Satcom | 2019’s first Ariane 5 launching Feb. 5 • Goonhilly going global • NBN gets CFO

Goonhilly Earth Station plans to build large ground station antennas to support communications with space missions, including deep-space missions.

PlanCapabilityValue 3.5Jan 30, 2019FIRST UP Satcom | 2019’s first Ariane 5 launching Feb. 5 • Goonhilly going global • NBN gets CFO

DoT-4 will link back to Earth using a ground network from Goonhilly Earth Station.

CapabilityValue 4.0Nov 28, 2018FIRST UP Satcom | LeoSat optimistic on regulatory progress • Russia plans IoT constellation • SSTL starts lunar comms mission

Peter Hargreaves invested £24,000,000 ($32,000,000) in Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd. on 2018-05-14.

RelationshipsFinancialValue 5.0May 16, 2018Billionaire invests in British company planning deep space communications network

Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd. operates a ground station in Cornwall, England.

CapabilityValue 3.5May 16, 2018Billionaire invests in British company planning deep space communications network

Goonhilly acquired the facility from British Telecom in 2014 after leasing some antennas there for three years.

RelationshipsValue 4.0May 16, 2018Billionaire invests in British company planning deep space communications network

Goonhilly and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. are developing a lunar mission concept called Pathfinder involving an SSTL-built satellite carrying up to 60 kg of secondary payloads released in lunar orbit.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0May 16, 2018Billionaire invests in British company planning deep space communications network

Goonhilly and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. plan to launch the Pathfinder mission in 2022 or 2023.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0May 16, 2018Billionaire invests in British company planning deep space communications network

Goonhilly and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. signed an agreement with Astrobotic to provide communications services for Astrobotic’s commercial lunar landers.

RelationshipsValue 4.5May 16, 2018Billionaire invests in British company planning deep space communications network

Goonhilly won a contract from the European Space Agency to upgrade the 32-meter dish at its facility to support the agency’s deep space missions.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.6May 16, 2018Billionaire invests in British company planning deep space communications network

Goonhilly has invested more than $5,000,000 in updating the aging facility.

GrowthFinancialValue 4.0May 16, 2018Billionaire invests in British company planning deep space communications network

Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd acquired the Goonhilly satellite station from BT in 2014.

RelationshipsValue 4.2Apr 9, 2018Goonhilly Earth Station, Surrey Satellite Technology and Astrobotic Join Forces to Expand Commercial Opportunities Around Lunar Communications

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL), Goonhilly Earth Station (GES), and Astrobotic formed a long-term partnership on 2018-04-17 to collaborate on delivering in-space communication relay services and a roadmap of innovations supporting operations on and around the Moon.

RelationshipsPlanCapabilityValue 4.6Apr 9, 2018Goonhilly Earth Station, Surrey Satellite Technology and Astrobotic Join Forces to Expand Commercial Opportunities Around Lunar Communications
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