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Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)

GB
commercialFounded 1985
Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom
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SSTL’s CERISE satellite was the first verified case of a collision between two manufactured objects in space when it was struck by a cataloged Ariane rocket debris object in 1996.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)Narrative GeneralDec 10, 2021Surrey Satellite Technology To Lead A Consortium Of Leading UK Companies For UK Space Agency Space Debris DeOrbit Mission

ClearSpace is part of the SSTL-led consortium called LEOPARD (Low Earth Orbit Pursuit for Active Debris Removal).

Mentioned as: SSTLOrg RelationshipDec 9, 2021Third consortium gets UK funds to study potential deorbit mission

The SSTL study involved a larger consortium and took longer to complete paperwork with the UK Space Agency.

Mentioned as: SSTLOrg RelationshipDec 9, 2021Third consortium gets UK funds to study potential deorbit mission

A consortium led by British small satellite maker SSTL secured UK Space Agency funding to study a mission to remove two spacecraft from low Earth orbit by 2025.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)Narrative GeneralDec 9, 2021Third consortium gets UK funds to study potential deorbit mission

The Galileo satellites are built by prime contractor OHB System, with payloads supplied by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL), an Airbus Defence and Space subsidiary.

Mentioned as: sstlTechnical ProductDec 5, 2021UPDATE 3: The Arianespace VS26 Mission Launches Successfully Via A Soyuz Rocket

The experimental SSTL GPS receiver SGR-GEO onboard GIOVE-A achieved a GPS position fix at 23,300 km altitude in 2012, the first position fix above the GPS constellation on a civilian satellite.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)Narrative GeneralNov 25, 2021GIOVE-A, Galileo Pathfinder satellite, de-commissioned after 16 years of in-orbit service

Over a period of 10 years SSTL supplied a total of 34 navigation payloads for the Galileo constellation.

Mentioned as: SSTLTechnical ProductNov 25, 2021GIOVE-A, Galileo Pathfinder satellite, de-commissioned after 16 years of in-orbit service

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) de-commissioned GIOVE-A on 24 November 2021 after 16 years of operations in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO).

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology LtdTechnical ProductNov 25, 2021GIOVE-A, Galileo Pathfinder satellite, de-commissioned after 16 years of in-orbit service

SSTL designed, built, and tested GIOVE-A in 30 months for the European Space Agency (ESA).

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)Narrative GeneralNov 25, 2021GIOVE-A, Galileo Pathfinder satellite, de-commissioned after 16 years of in-orbit service

In 2010 SSTL was awarded a contract to assemble, integrate, and test the first navigation payloads for the full operational capability Galileo spacecraft.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)Org RelationshipNov 25, 2021GIOVE-A, Galileo Pathfinder satellite, de-commissioned after 16 years of in-orbit service

SSTL took over operations of GIOVE-A from ESA in 2012.

Mentioned as: SSTLOrg RelationshipNov 25, 2021GIOVE-A, Galileo Pathfinder satellite, de-commissioned after 16 years of in-orbit service

ESA awarded study contracts in the Moonlight Initiative to two consortia led by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. and Telespazio.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.Org RelationshipNov 19, 2021Plus Ultra aims to provide communications infrastructure for incoming wave of moon missions

ClearSpace is developing target sensors, navigation, and capture robotics and will work with partners including Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd., Deimos Space UK, and Satellite Applications Catapult.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.Org RelationshipOct 27, 2021UK Space Agency Initiatives For Space Debris Mitigation

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. plans to launch Lunar Pathfinder in 2024 as a demonstration of a future commercial lunar communications network.

Mentioned as: surrey satellite technology ltdTechnical ProductSep 16, 2021ESA to be anchor customer on commercial lunar satellite

Officials from Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. and the European Space Agency signed the Lunar Pathfinder agreement on 2021-09-15.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)Narrative GeneralSep 16, 2021ESA to be anchor customer on commercial lunar satellite

SSTL hopes to launch VMMO in late 2023 or early 2024.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)Narrative GeneralAug 11, 2021Lunar cubesats head to the launch pad

Eutelsat Quantum is based on a platform developed by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology LtdTechnical ProductJul 30, 2021Ariane 5 launches two satellites on first mission in nearly a year

The European Space Agency issued study contracts on 2021-05-20 to two consortia led by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. and Telespazio to study a Moonlight satellite communications and navigation initiative.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)Org RelationshipJul 5, 2021Lunar Exploration as a Service: From landers to spacesuits, NASA is renting rather than owning

SSTL is developing a spacecraft called Lunar Pathfinder scheduled for launch in 2024 to provide commercial communications relay services from an elliptical orbit with UHF and S-band links to lunar surface spacecraft and X-band to Earth.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)Org RelationshipJul 5, 2021Lunar Exploration as a Service: From landers to spacesuits, NASA is renting rather than owning

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. is developing Lunar Pathfinder, a single lunar communications satellite scheduled for launch in 2024 for an eight-year mission.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)Narrative GeneralMay 21, 2021ESA awards study contracts for lunar communications and navigation systems
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