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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SSTL operates 14 satellites from its spacecraft operations centre.
SSTL satellites operate in LEO, MEO, GEO, and beyond.
SSTL provides data fusion expertise for Earth observation (EO), automatic identification system (AIS), synthetic aperture radar (SAR), lunar communications, LEO communications, GNSS, and real-time video capture.
SSTL BIU spacecraft capabilities support high LEO orbit operations and up to 500 m/s delta-v.
Lunar Pathfinder, a spacecraft being built by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. for the Moonlight program, will launch in 2026 as part of a CLPS mission awarded to Firefly Aerospace on 2023-03-14.
Blue Ghost 2 will deliver the Lunar Pathfinder spacecraft, built by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. for the European Space Agency, to lunar orbit to serve as a communications relay.
ESA will buy communications services and fly payloads on Lunar Pathfinder, a small communications satellite developed with Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd., planned for launch in 2024.
SSTL’s Lunar Pathfinder will serve as a telecommunications relay satellite for lunar missions with ESA as a core customer and NASA as a user in exchange for NASA delivering Lunar Pathfinder to lunar orbit through the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative.
Phil Brownnett, Managing Director of Surrey Satellite Technology Limited, leads company efforts to bring expertise, technology, and know-how to Australia to support local companies in developing sovereign capability.
On 2022-09-13, Surrey Satellite Technology Limited will open an office in Australia at Lot Fourteen in Adelaide.
Surrey Satellite Technology Limited designs and manufactures payloads, subsystems, and equipment in-house and has supported more than 20 countries in developing their space capabilities.
Since 1981, Surrey Satellite Technology Limited has built and launched 71 satellites for international customers.
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) will deliver the MicroSAR satellite platform and be responsible for integration of the payloads on board.
The satellite bus and the radar antenna for the first MicroSAR satellite will be built in the UK by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) and its subcontractor Oxford Space Systems (OSS).
SSTL has prior experience designing and operating small radar missions gained from the NovaSAR-1 spacecraft, which entered operations in 2018 and serves five major customers worldwide.
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) will deliver the MicroSAR satellite platform and be responsible for integration of the payloads on board.
SSTL will be responsible for building the MicroSAR radar antenna through its subcontractor Oxford Space Systems (OSS).
General Atomics entered the smallsat industry through acquisitions of Miltec in 2016 and the U.S. subsidiary of Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. in 2017.
The United Kingdom awarded three feasibility study contracts last year with a combined value of £1 million to consortia led by Astroscale, ClearSpace, and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.
The U.K. Space Agency funds companies like Oxford Space Systems and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. to deliver new space capabilities intended to help tackle challenges including disaster monitoring, urban planning, and transport management.