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Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)

GB
commercialFounded 1985
Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom
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Mars One awarded study contracts in 2013 to Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. to develop a communications-relay orbiter and to Lockheed Martin for a Mars lander based on NASA’s Phoenix mission design.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)Org RelationshipFeb 11, 2019Mars One company goes bankrupt

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

Mentioned as: surrey satellite technology limitedTechnical ProductJan 14, 2019General Atomics’ acquisitions of smallsat companies bearing fruit

Surrey Satellite Technology Limited completed its first geostationary satellite platform for the Eutelsat Quantum telecom satellite.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology LimitedTechnical ProductJan 9, 2019FIRST UP Satcom | Intelsat joins GSMA • SSTL completes first GEO bus • Kacific buys Newtec hub

SSTL will transfer the completed Eutelsat Quantum platform from its Guildford, U.K. facility to parent company Airbus for final assembly and testing in Toulouse, France.

Mentioned as: SSTLTechnical ProductJan 9, 2019FIRST UP Satcom | Intelsat joins GSMA • SSTL completes first GEO bus • Kacific buys Newtec hub

SSTL and Honeywell UK built the VdES Transmitting sAtellite system (VESTA) to test two-way maritime information services between ship and shore.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)Narrative GeneralDec 3, 2018SpaceX launches all-smallsat Falcon 9 mission

Surrey Satellite Technology Limited is planning a follow-on lunar satellite in 2023 with the goal of fielding a lunar constellation of communications satellites.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)Narrative GeneralNov 28, 2018FIRST UP Satcom | LeoSat optimistic on regulatory progress • Russia plans IoT constellation • SSTL starts lunar comms mission

Surrey Satellite Technology provides operational lessons in the small-satellite business that DARPA considers relevant to U.S. efforts.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite TechnologyTechnical ProductNov 5, 2018Space Force reorganization could raise profile of DARPA’s space missions

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

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology LtdTechnical ProductOct 31, 2018RemoveDEBRIS completes reconnaissance and navigation test

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd operates the RemoveDEBRIS spacecraft in orbit from Guildford, UK.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)Narrative GeneralOct 31, 2018RemoveDEBRIS completes reconnaissance and navigation test

The target spacecraft for ELSA-d is being built by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. under a contract announced in November of the previous year.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)Narrative GeneralOct 31, 2018Orbital debris removal company Astroscale raises $50 million

General Atomics acquired smallsat developer Miltec in February 2016 and purchased the Colorado factory of Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.’s former U.S. subsidiary last November.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)Org RelationshipOct 10, 2018Draper bids on NASA commercial lunar lander competition

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd in Guildford, UK operates the RemoveDEBRIS spacecraft in orbit.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)Narrative GeneralSep 24, 2018Net successfully snares space debris

S1-4 is the fourth satellite SSTL built to operate for Twenty First Century Aerospace Technology Co.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)Narrative GeneralSep 17, 2018India’s PSLV launches two British satellites for SSTL

SSTL built the 445-kilogram NovaSAR-1 satellite in Guildford, U.K., with a £21,000,000investment from the U.K. Space Agency.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)Org RelationshipSep 17, 2018India’s PSLV launches two British satellites for SSTL

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. confirmed the health of its NovaSAR-1 radar satellite and the S1-4 optical imaging satellite after the launch.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.Technical ProductSep 17, 2018India’s PSLV launches two British satellites for SSTL

Firefly signed a firm launch contract with Surrey Satellite Technology covering up to six Alpha launches from 2020 to 2022 beginning with SSTL’s Carbonite-4 technology demonstration satellite.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)Org RelationshipAug 6, 2018Firefly ‘back in full force’ following last year’s near-death experience

Surrey Satellite Technology Limited, which is part of Airbus, built the prototype LEO satellite Telesat is currently testing.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)Org RelationshipAug 1, 2018Telesat picks Airbus Defence and Space as second constellation design partner

The prototype LEO satellite that Surrey Satellite Technology Limited built for Telesat launched in January on an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle.

Mentioned as: surrey satellite technology limitedTechnical ProductAug 1, 2018Telesat picks Airbus Defence and Space as second constellation design partner

Telesat is testing a prototype satellite from Surrey Satellite Technology Limited that launched in January on an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology LimitedOrg RelationshipJul 30, 2018Telesat selects Thales-Maxar team for LEO constellation design work

Surrey Satellite Technology Limited, a U.K.-based subsidiary of Airbus, built Galileo’s navigation payload and will provide the navigation payload for the next 12 Batch 3 satellites.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)Org RelationshipJul 25, 2018Ariane 5 rocket sends next 4 Galileo satellites into orbit
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