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Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)

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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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General Atomics acquired smallsat developer Miltec in February 2016 and purchased the Colorado factory of Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.’s former U.S. subsidiary last November.

RelationshipsGrowthValue 4.0Oct 10, 2018Draper bids on NASA commercial lunar lander competition

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

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Sep 24, 2018Net successfully snares space debris

S1-4 is the fourth satellite SSTL built to operate for Twenty First Century Aerospace Technology Co.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.0Sep 17, 2018India’s PSLV launches two British satellites for SSTL

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. confirmed the health of its NovaSAR-1 radar satellite and the S1-4 optical imaging satellite after the launch.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.4Sep 17, 2018India’s PSLV launches two British satellites for SSTL

SSTL built the 445-kilogram NovaSAR-1 satellite in Guildford, U.K., with a £21,000,000investment from the U.K. Space Agency.

RelationshipsFinancialCapabilityValue 5.0Sep 17, 2018India’s PSLV launches two British satellites for SSTL

Firefly signed a firm launch contract with Surrey Satellite Technology covering up to six Alpha launches from 2020 to 2022 beginning with SSTL’s Carbonite-4 technology demonstration satellite.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.6Aug 6, 2018Firefly ‘back in full force’ following last year’s near-death experience

The prototype LEO satellite that Surrey Satellite Technology Limited built for Telesat launched in January on an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle.

GeneralRelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Aug 1, 2018Telesat picks Airbus Defence and Space as second constellation design partner

Surrey Satellite Technology Limited, which is part of Airbus, built the prototype LEO satellite Telesat is currently testing.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Aug 1, 2018Telesat picks Airbus Defence and Space as second constellation design partner

Telesat is testing a prototype satellite from Surrey Satellite Technology Limited that launched in January on an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0Jul 30, 2018Telesat selects Thales-Maxar team for LEO constellation design work

Surrey Satellite Technology Limited, a U.K.-based subsidiary of Airbus, built Galileo’s navigation payload and will provide the navigation payload for the next 12 Batch 3 satellites.

RelationshipsCapabilityPlanValue 4.6Jul 25, 2018Ariane 5 rocket sends next 4 Galileo satellites into orbit

SSTL plans to start launching with Firefly beginning with the CARBONITE-4 mission in early 2020.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Jun 4, 2018Surrey Satellite Technology Limited Awards Launch Services Agreement to Firefly Aerospace

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. signed a launch services agreement with Firefly Aerospace covering up to six launches of SSTL payloads on the Firefly Alpha between 2020 and 2022.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.6Jun 4, 2018SSTL orders launches from Firefly Aerospace

Firefly will provide up to six Alpha launches for SSTL from 2020 through 2022.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.0Jun 4, 2018Surrey Satellite Technology Limited Awards Launch Services Agreement to Firefly Aerospace

The Carbonite-2 demonstration mission was developed jointly by the Royal Air Force’s Rapid Capability Office and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.

RelationshipsValue 4.2May 23, 2018UK military looking at smallsats to increase space resilience

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

Phase 1 LEO is a prototype satellite built by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. that launched in January 2020 on an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0May 15, 2018Global Eagle to collaborate on Telesat LEO constellation

A prototype satellite for Telesat’s LEO constellation built by Surrey Satellite Technology Limited is in orbit to test technologies and service provision.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0May 3, 2018Telesat comes out against C-band proposal, girds for spectrum fight

SSTL will provide state-of-the-art data relay services to payloads operating on Astrobotic’s Peregrine Lander, including services to reach the lunar far side.

GeneralRelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Apr 9, 2018Goonhilly Earth Station, Surrey Satellite Technology and Astrobotic Join Forces to Expand Commercial Opportunities Around Lunar Communications
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