Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) is a British small satellite manufacturer and mission provider. SSTL designs, builds, and operates satellites for Earth observation, science, communication, and in-orbit services. A spin-off from the University of Surrey and now part of Airbus, SSTL works with customers like ESA and NASA, offering complete turnkey ground segment solutions and launch services. SSTL is known for driving innovation and affordability in the space sector.
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Since 1981, SSTL has built and launched more than 50 satellites for 20 international customers.
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.
The ELSA-d Target is a variant of the SSTL-42 constellation platform family designed for operational missions in the 5 kg–100 kg range.
SSTL supplied the platform for the RemoveDEBRIS technology demonstration mission, which is due to launch from the ISS in 2018.
SSTL is a supplier of satellite platforms and services for LEO missions and its previous missions include Beijing-1, the five-satellite RapidEye constellation, Deimos-1, exactView-1, KazEOSAT-2, and the three-satellite TripleSat constellation.
ASTROSCALE will design and manufacture the ELSA-d Chaser at its R&D office in Tokyo using avionics supplied by SSTL.