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Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)

GB
commercialFounded 1985
Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom
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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

SSTL’s S1-4 Earth observation satellite provides sub-metric optical data.

Mentioned as: SSTLTechnical ProductMay 13, 2021First UK-Australia ‘Space Bridge’ industry partnership announced by Perth-based LatConnect 60

Perth-based LatConnect 60 will provide high resolution optical data from the SSTL S1-4 Earth observation satellite.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)Org RelationshipMay 13, 2021First UK-Australia ‘Space Bridge’ industry partnership announced by Perth-based LatConnect 60

SSTL will lease imaging payload capacity on NovaSAR-1 to Space-Eyes for the lifetime of the satellite, which is designed to be in excess of 7 years.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)Org RelationshipApr 28, 2021SSTL signs up Space-Eyes for NovaSAR data

SSTL will retain ownership of NovaSAR-1 and perform in-orbit satellite operations from its UK headquarters.

Mentioned as: sstlTechnical ProductApr 28, 2021SSTL signs up Space-Eyes for NovaSAR data

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) signed an agreement with Space-Eyes (Channel Logistics USA, LLC Delaware, doing business as SpaceEyes LLC) to provide a share of the tasking and data acquisition capabilities from the NovaSAR-1 satellite.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)Org RelationshipApr 28, 2021SSTL signs up Space-Eyes for NovaSAR data

General Atomics acquired the U.S. subsidiary of Surrey Satellite Technology Limited in Englewood, Colorado in 2017.

Mentioned as: surrey satellite technology limitedTechnical ProductFeb 1, 2021General Atomics acquires Tiger Innovations

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. of the UK built the payloads for the OHB-built Galileo satellites.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)Narrative GeneralJan 26, 2021Contracts for EUR €1.47 Billion Go to Aerospace Giants for Galileo’s Second Gen Satellites

OHB partnered with Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. for the current Galileo satellite contract, with Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. providing the navigation payload.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)Technical ProductJan 21, 2021Airbus, Thales win second-generation Galileo satellite contracts

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. delivered the final navigation payloads for the current generation of Galileo satellites in November.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.Technical ProductJan 21, 2021Airbus, Thales win second-generation Galileo satellite contracts

At the UR2020 conference on risk management, SSTL partnered with the Southeast Asia Disaster Risk Insurance Facility (SEADRIF), supported by The World Bank, to develop a solution to better analyze flood spread and resulting damage.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)Narrative GeneralDec 10, 2020SAR-Based Flood Damage Assessment Solution Service Debuts From Synspective

Surrey Satellite Technology Limited built a VDES demonstration cubesat with a Honeywell payload for exactEarth that launched in 2018 on a SpaceX Falcon 9.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)Org RelationshipAug 24, 2020Orbcomm, AAC Clyde, Saab to build maritime communications cubesat, mull constellation

Airbus built Eutelsat Quantum in the United Kingdom on a platform from its subsidiary Surrey Satellite Technology Limited.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology LimitedTechnical ProductJul 30, 2020Intelsat to market half of capacity on Eutelsat’s Quantum satellite

Rob Staples joined Surrey Satellite Technology in the U.K. in 2013 to lead the company’s launch business line.

Mentioned as: surrey satellite technologyTechnical ProductJul 29, 2020Astroscale U.S. Appoints Carolyn Belle as Director, Advanced Systems, and Rob Staples as Program Manager

General Atomics acquired the U.S. subsidiary of U.K.-based Surrey Satellite Technology Limited in 2017 in Englewood, Colorado.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)Org RelationshipApr 9, 2020General Atomics opens satellite factory in Colorado

The United Kingdom launched TechDemoSat-1 in 2014, a 157-kilogram GNSS Reflectometry satellite built by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)Org RelationshipJan 15, 2020Spire Global shares early data from GNSS Reflectometry satellites

Telesat had a prototype satellite in orbit from Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (an Airbus company) since January 2018.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology LimitedTechnical ProductAug 7, 2019Telesat outlines spending plan for Canadian government’s LEO constellation investment

Virgin Orbit’s role in Team Artemis will be to launch satellites built and operated by Surrey Satellite Technology and other companies, with the first launch planned as soon as late 2020.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)Narrative GeneralJul 18, 2019U.K. deepens space ties with U.S., announces investments in small satellites, responsive launch

Taiwan’s National Space Organization purchased COSMIC-2 satellites from Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology LtdOrg RelationshipJun 11, 2019COSMIC-2 weather data key to better forecasts, NOAA says

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (UK) provided the platform, avionics, and spacecraft operations for RemoveDEBRIS.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology LtdTechnical ProductFeb 20, 2019Harpoon successfully captures space debris
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