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U.K. Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl)

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The U.K. Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) is an executive agency of the Ministry of Defence, providing advanced space science, technology, and advice to the UK government. Dstl focuses on satellite communications, space-based intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and monitoring objects in orbit to protect UK interests. They partner with organizations like UK Space Command, Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S), the UK Space Agency, and international allies such as the US Naval Research Laboratory to develop and test space technologies, including satellite systems and ground stations, ensuring the UK exploits space for defense and security. Associated keywords include: space situational awareness, space domain awareness, military satellite communications, and space-based ISR.

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The primary payload DS-SAR is a 360-kilogram remote-sensing satellite developed in partnership with Singapore’s Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) and ST Engineering.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.4Jul 30, 2023India launches seven satellites on PSLV rocket

TeLEOS-2 was developed in partnership with Singapore’s Defence Science and Technology Agency on behalf of the Government of Singapore.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Apr 25, 2023ST Engineering Debuts its Inaugural SAR Satellite Launch

TeLEOS-2 was developed in partnership between ST Engineering and Singapore’s Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) on behalf of the Government of Singapore.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 4.0Apr 24, 2023ST Engineering’s 1st SAR satellite is launched via ISRO’s PSLV-C55/TeLEOS-2 mission

TeLEOS-2 is a synthetic aperture radar satellite developed in partnership between the Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) representing the Government of Singapore and ST Engineering.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Apr 24, 2023ISRO’s PSLV successfully places 2 Singapore Satellites into Orbit

The Start Me Up manifest included Prometheus-2, two cubesats owned by the U.K. Ministry of Defence’s Defense Science & Technology Laboratory (Dstl) and co-funded with Airbus Defence and Space.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 4.0Jan 16, 2023UPDATE 4: Virgin Orbit updates their “Start Me Up” mission anomaly

Prometheus-2 is co-funded by Airbus Defence and Space and is being jointly designed with In-Space Missions to support MOD science and technology activities and development of ground systems focused at Dstl’s site near Portsmouth.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 4.0Oct 14, 2022Virgin Orbit announces Start Me Up mission from UK

Prometheus-2 consists of two cubesats owned by the U.K. Ministry of Defence’s Defense Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) and is co-funded with Airbus Defence and Space and jointly designed with In-Space Missions.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 4.6Oct 11, 2022With the manifest complete, Virgin Orbit’s flight hardware is heading to Spaceport Cornwall for the 1st orbital launch from U.K. soil

Prometheus-2 will support MOD science and technology activities on-orbit and the development of ground systems focused at Dstl’s site near Portsmouth.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0Oct 11, 2022With the manifest complete, Virgin Orbit’s flight hardware is heading to Spaceport Cornwall for the 1st orbital launch from U.K. soil

DASA collaborated with the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory Space Program to deploy a low-cost, rapid concept-to-technology demonstrator for global monitoring and geolocating signals with Spire.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0May 18, 2022Spire Global’s SPaaS Smallsats Take A Ride To Orbit On The SpaceX Transporter-5 Rideshare Mission

In-Space Missions won a contract valued at £9,500,000from the Ministry of Defence and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory on 2021-08-09 to build an experimental smallsat called Titania.

RelationshipsFinancialPlanCapabilityValue 4.6Sep 14, 2021BAE Systems to acquire smallsat company In-Space Missions

The Ministry of Defence and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory awarded In-Space Missions a contract valued at £9,500,000for the Titania Operational Concept Demonstrator on 2021-08-09.

RelationshipsFinancialPlanValue 4.9Aug 9, 2021In-Space Missions wins contract for British military smallsat

Starburst Aerospace will work with the U.K. Defence and Security Accelerator to provide training and mentoring for startups admitted to the Allied Defence Accelerator.

RelationshipsValue 3.8Jul 27, 2020U.S. Space Force and U.K. Ministry of Defense to hold International Space Pitch Day

Oxford Space Systems’ first antenna is scheduled to launch in 2020 on the U.K. Defence Science and Technology Laboratory’s Wideband Ionospheric Sounder CubeSat Experiment that Thales Alenia Space is building.

PlanRelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.5Jun 14, 2018Oxford Space Systems raises $8.9 million for spacecraft component business
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