Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)

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.

commercialFounded 1985

Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom

www.sstl.co.uk

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OHB partnered with Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. for the current Galileo satellite contract, with Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. providing the navigation payload.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.4Jan 21, 2021Airbus, Thales win second-generation Galileo satellite contracts

At the UR2020 conference on risk management, SSTL partnered with the Southeast Asia Disaster Risk Insurance Facility (SEADRIF), supported by The World Bank, to develop a solution to better analyze flood spread and resulting damage.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Dec 10, 2020SAR-Based Flood Damage Assessment Solution Service Debuts From Synspective

Surrey Satellite Technology Limited built a VDES demonstration cubesat with a Honeywell payload for exactEarth that launched in 2018 on a SpaceX Falcon 9.

CapabilityRelationshipsPlanGeneralValue 4.0Aug 24, 2020Orbcomm, AAC Clyde, Saab to build maritime communications cubesat, mull constellation

Airbus built Eutelsat Quantum in the United Kingdom on a platform from its subsidiary Surrey Satellite Technology Limited.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.0Jul 30, 2020Intelsat to market half of capacity on Eutelsat’s Quantum satellite

Rob Staples joined Surrey Satellite Technology in the U.K. in 2013 to lead the company’s launch business line.

GovernanceGeneralValue 3.0Jul 29, 2020Astroscale U.S. Appoints Carolyn Belle as Director, Advanced Systems, and Rob Staples as Program Manager

General Atomics acquired the U.S. subsidiary of U.K.-based Surrey Satellite Technology Limited in 2017 in Englewood, Colorado.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 4.0Apr 9, 2020General Atomics opens satellite factory in Colorado

The United Kingdom launched TechDemoSat-1 in 2014, a 157-kilogram GNSS Reflectometry satellite built by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.5Jan 15, 2020Spire Global shares early data from GNSS Reflectometry satellites

Telesat had a prototype satellite in orbit from Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (an Airbus company) since January 2018.

CapabilityValue 4.0Aug 7, 2019Telesat outlines spending plan for Canadian government’s LEO constellation investment

Virgin Orbit’s role in Team Artemis will be to launch satellites built and operated by Surrey Satellite Technology and other companies, with the first launch planned as soon as late 2020.

PlanRelationshipsValue 4.0Jul 18, 2019U.K. deepens space ties with U.S., announces investments in small satellites, responsive launch

Taiwan’s National Space Organization purchased COSMIC-2 satellites from Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Jun 11, 2019COSMIC-2 weather data key to better forecasts, NOAA says

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (UK) provided the platform, avionics, and spacecraft operations for RemoveDEBRIS.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.0Feb 20, 2019Harpoon successfully captures space debris

Mars One awarded study contracts in 2013 to Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. to develop a communications-relay orbiter and to Lockheed Martin for a Mars lander based on NASA’s Phoenix mission design.

RelationshipsValue 5.0Feb 11, 2019Mars One company goes bankrupt

General Atomics bought the U.S. subsidiary of Surrey Satellite Technology Limited in Englewood, Colorado, in 2017.

RelationshipsValue 4.5Jan 14, 2019General Atomics’ acquisitions of smallsat companies bearing fruit

SSTL will transfer the completed Eutelsat Quantum platform from its Guildford, U.K. facility to parent company Airbus for final assembly and testing in Toulouse, France.

RelationshipsCapabilityPlanValue 4.0Jan 9, 2019FIRST UP Satcom | Intelsat joins GSMA • SSTL completes first GEO bus • Kacific buys Newtec hub

Surrey Satellite Technology Limited completed its first geostationary satellite platform for the Eutelsat Quantum telecom satellite.

CapabilityRelationshipsGeneralValue 4.0Jan 9, 2019FIRST UP Satcom | Intelsat joins GSMA • SSTL completes first GEO bus • Kacific buys Newtec hub

SSTL and Honeywell UK built the VdES Transmitting sAtellite system (VESTA) to test two-way maritime information services between ship and shore.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Dec 3, 2018SpaceX launches all-smallsat Falcon 9 mission

Surrey Satellite Technology Limited is planning a follow-on lunar satellite in 2023 with the goal of fielding a lunar constellation of communications satellites.

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

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (UK) provided the platform, avionics, and spacecraft operations for RemoveDEBRIS.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.0Oct 31, 2018RemoveDEBRIS completes reconnaissance and navigation test

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd operates the RemoveDEBRIS spacecraft in orbit from Guildford, UK.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Oct 31, 2018RemoveDEBRIS completes reconnaissance and navigation test

The target spacecraft for ELSA-d is being built by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. under a contract announced in November of the previous year.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.0Oct 31, 2018Orbital debris removal company Astroscale raises $50 million

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