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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Sinclair Interplanetary and Surrey Satellite Technology Limited have built systems around commercial-grade processors for lower-orbit commercial missions.
HydroGNSS, developed by SSTL, is the first ESA Scout mission to reach orbit.
Before joining AAC Clyde Space, Luis Gomes served as CTO and Executive Director at Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.
Before joining AAC Clyde Space, Luis Gomes served as Commercial Director and Director of Earth Observation and Science at Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.
Funding for the CarbSAR mission came from Oxford Space Systems, SSTL, Airbus Defence and Space, UKDI-DASA, Dstl, and the National Security Strategic Investment Fund.
SSTL’s CarbSAR mission supports next-generation synthetic aperture radar capabilities.
Neumann Space completed on-orbit commissioning of its Neumann Drive ND-50 electric propulsion system aboard Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd’s CarbSAR In Orbit Demonstration Mission.
SSTL’s Carbonite program delivered performance traditionally associated with larger and more expensive systems at a fraction of the cost and timescale.
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd is a key industrial collaborator in the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Observatory System’s Lazuli initiative.
SSTL’s Carbonite program demonstrated advanced space-based intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capability using adapted ground-based technologies and agile spacecraft engineering.
SSTL’s deep-space platform will provide precision pointing, propulsion, and communications for the Lazuli observatory.
SSTL is developing the spacecraft platform for the Lazuli mission.
In May 2024 SatVu contracted UK-based Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd to build HotSat-2 and HotSat-3.
Surrey Satellite Technology Limited and Oxford Space Systems confirmed the successful in-orbit deployment of the Wrapped Rib Antenna aboard the CarbSAR In-Orbit Demonstration mission on January 29, 2026.
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. received signals from the HydroGNSS smallsats, confirming that both are safely in their assigned orbits around Earth.
SSTL managed the full process of the HydroGNSS spacecraft, from initial design through assembly and testing.
The SSTL team will await the upcoming launch of the HydroGNSS satellites, scheduled for later this month.
HydroGNSS was manufactured by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) in Guildford, UK.
The twin satellites of the HydroGNSS mission were built in the UK by a consortium led by SSTL.
The CarbSAR satellite uses SSTL's Carbonite series design and integrates a deployable X-band SAR payload.