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Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)

GB
commercialFounded 1985
Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom
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SSTL plans to start launching with Firefly beginning with the CARBONITE-4 mission in early 2020.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)Org RelationshipJun 4, 2018Surrey Satellite Technology Limited Awards Launch Services Agreement to Firefly Aerospace

Firefly will provide up to six Alpha launches for SSTL from 2020 through 2022.

Mentioned as: SSTLOrg RelationshipJun 4, 2018Surrey Satellite Technology Limited Awards Launch Services Agreement to Firefly Aerospace

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. signed a launch services agreement with Firefly Aerospace covering up to six launches of SSTL payloads on the Firefly Alpha between 2020 and 2022.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)Org RelationshipJun 4, 2018SSTL orders launches from Firefly Aerospace

The Carbonite-2 demonstration mission was developed jointly by the Royal Air Force’s Rapid Capability Office and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology LtdTechnical ProductMay 23, 2018UK military looking at smallsats to increase space resilience

Goonhilly and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. plan to launch the Pathfinder mission in 2022 or 2023.

Mentioned as: surrey satellite technology ltdTechnical ProductMay 16, 2018Billionaire invests in British company planning deep space communications network

Goonhilly and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. signed an agreement with Astrobotic to provide communications services for Astrobotic’s commercial lunar landers.

Mentioned as: surrey satellite technology ltdTechnical ProductMay 16, 2018Billionaire invests in British company planning deep space communications network

Goonhilly and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. are developing a lunar mission concept called Pathfinder involving an SSTL-built satellite carrying up to 60 kg of secondary payloads released in lunar orbit.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)Narrative GeneralMay 16, 2018Billionaire invests in British company planning deep space communications network

Phase 1 LEO is a prototype satellite built by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. that launched in January 2020 on an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)Narrative GeneralMay 15, 2018Global Eagle to collaborate on Telesat LEO constellation

A prototype satellite for Telesat’s LEO constellation built by Surrey Satellite Technology Limited is in orbit to test technologies and service provision.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology LimitedTechnical ProductMay 3, 2018Telesat comes out against C-band proposal, girds for spectrum fight

SSTL will provide state-of-the-art data relay services to payloads operating on Astrobotic’s Peregrine Lander, including services to reach the lunar far side.

Mentioned as: SSTLOrg RelationshipApr 9, 2018Goonhilly Earth Station, Surrey Satellite Technology and Astrobotic Join Forces to Expand Commercial Opportunities Around Lunar Communications

Since 1981, SSTL has built and launched more than 50 satellites for 20 international customers.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)Org RelationshipApr 9, 2018Goonhilly Earth Station, Surrey Satellite Technology and Astrobotic Join Forces to Expand Commercial Opportunities Around Lunar Communications

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL), Goonhilly Earth Station (GES), and Astrobotic formed a long-term partnership on 2018-04-17 to collaborate on delivering in-space communication relay services and a roadmap of innovations supporting operations on and around the Moon.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)Org RelationshipApr 9, 2018Goonhilly Earth Station, Surrey Satellite Technology and Astrobotic Join Forces to Expand Commercial Opportunities Around Lunar Communications

SSTL supplied the platform for the RemoveDEBRIS technology demonstration mission, which is due to launch from the ISS in 2018.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)Org RelationshipNov 21, 2017SSTL and ASTROSCALE team up for Orbital Debris Removal missions

SSTL is a supplier of satellite platforms and services for LEO missions and its previous missions include Beijing-1, the five-satellite RapidEye constellation, Deimos-1, exactView-1, KazEOSAT-2, and the three-satellite TripleSat constellation.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)Org RelationshipNov 21, 2017SSTL and ASTROSCALE team up for Orbital Debris Removal missions

The ELSA-d Target is a variant of the SSTL-42 constellation platform family designed for operational missions in the 5 kg–100 kg range.

Mentioned as: sstlTechnical ProductNov 21, 2017SSTL and ASTROSCALE team up for Orbital Debris Removal missions

ASTROSCALE will design and manufacture the ELSA-d Chaser at its R&D office in Tokyo using avionics supplied by SSTL.

Mentioned as: Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)Org RelationshipNov 21, 2017SSTL and ASTROSCALE team up for Orbital Debris Removal missions
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