Oxford Space Systems (OSS) is a UK-based space hardware manufacturer specializing in deployable antennas and structures for satellites. They leverage proprietary materials and novel engineering techniques to create antennas that offer high radio frequency (RF) performance, efficient stowage, and robustness for harsh space environments. OSS's products, like Wrapped Rib antennas, cater to growing markets such as IoT, vessel tracking, and Earth observation, and they collaborate with leading satellite manufacturers like Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) and Airbus Defence and Space. Key partners also include the UK Space Agency (UKSA) and the European Space Agency (ESA).
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Oxford Space Systems is building deployable antenna product development and manufacturing capabilities at its Harwell and Abingdon facilities.
Oxford Space Systems is developing variants of the Wrapped Rib Synthetic Aperture Radar antenna architecture.
Viasat’s U.K. subsidiary is partnering with Oxford Space Systems to develop a high-speed communications terminal that is 50% lighter to improve the mobility of dismounted soldiers.
The terminal technology developed by Viasat UK and Oxford Space Systems could benefit other users operating in austere environments, including disaster recovery and aid workers.
Oxford Space Systems is a 10-year-old venture working with the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory of the U.K. Ministry of Defence to create smaller C-band terminals for lower-bandwidth applications.
The research and development collaboration will build Oxford Space Systems’ relationship with Viasat in the UK and expand how OSS brings its innovations in space antennas to support ground solutions.
Viasat UK and Oxford Space Systems will research the system requirements and design needed to deliver Ka-band high-speed satellite communications while reducing the physical transport burden on warfighters or other users compared to current military and commercial terminals.
The collaborative work will build on Oxford Space Systems’ and the UK Defence Science and Technology Laboratory’s research on C-band deployable antennas while focusing the new work on developing a smaller and higher-performance Ka-band antenna.
The CarbSAR demonstration will include an OSS Wrapped Rib antenna supplied by Oxford Space Systems mounted to an SSTL CarbSAR satellite.
The CarbSAR Demo Mission is a partnership between SSTL and Oxford Space Systems to build and launch an OSS Wrapped Rib antenna mounted to an SSTL CarbSAR satellite.
The CarbSAR Demo Mission is a partnership between SSTL and Oxford Space Systems to build and launch an OSS Wrapped Rib antenna mounted to an SSTL CarbSAR satellite.
Oxford Space Systems’ Wrapped Rib antennas deploy carbon-fibre ribs from a central hub to form a 3-meter-diameter parabolic dish supporting a metal mesh reflector surface.
The work for the CarbSAR In Orbit Demonstration has been jointly funded by Oxford Space Systems, Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd, Airbus Defence and Space, the National Security Strategic Investment Fund, and the UK Ministry of Defence.
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd and Oxford Space Systems are partnering to build and launch an Oxford Space Systems Wrapped Rib antenna mounted to an SSTL CarbSAR satellite.
The National Security Strategic Investment Fund is collaborating with Oxford Space Systems to support industrialisation of antenna delivery to satellite constellation programmes and to accelerate adoption of future national security and defence capabilities.
Oxford Space Systems moved into its custom-built facility on the Harwell Campus in October 2018.
Oxford Space Systems, SSTL, Airbus Defence and Space, the National Security Strategic Investment Fund (NSSIF), and the UK Ministry of Defence jointly funded the Wrapped Rib antenna In Orbit Demonstration work.
In January 2023 Oxford Space Systems opened a new manufacturing facility in Abingdon, Oxfordshire to scale up composite materials and component manufacturing for deployable antennas.
The Oxford Space Systems Wrapped Rib Antenna for Synthetic Aperture Radar deploys carbon-fiber ribs from a central hub to form a 3-meter-diameter parabolic dish.
Oxford Space Systems established a metal mesh manufacturing facility at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus to manufacture foldable reflector surfaces.