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Oxford Space Systems

GB
commercialFounded 2013
Harwell, England, United Kingdom
www.oxford.space
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Kelpie 1 weighs 4 kg and features a proprietary low-noise bus architecture, multiple software-defined radio (SDR) payloads, and an advanced antenna concept developed by Oxford Space Systems.

Mentioned as: Oxford Space SystemsOrg RelationshipJan 4, 2023D-Orbit launches Second Star to the Right and two ION Satellite Carriers on seventh orbital transportation mission

Oxford Space Systems developed a wrapped rib SAR antenna with UK government support for small radar missions.

Mentioned as: Oxford Space SystemsTechnical ProductAug 29, 2022Space Norway’s radar satellite system for real-time maritime surveillance

The satellite bus and the radar antenna for the first MicroSAR satellite will be built in the UK by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) and its subcontractor Oxford Space Systems (OSS).

Mentioned as: Oxford Space SystemsTechnical ProductAug 29, 2022Space Norway’s radar satellite system for real-time maritime surveillance

SSTL will be responsible for building the MicroSAR radar antenna through its subcontractor Oxford Space Systems (OSS).

Mentioned as: Oxford Space SystemsTechnical ProductAug 26, 2022Space Norway to build radar satellite for real time maritime surveillance

Oxford Space Systems and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. completed construction of a deployable Wrapped Rib antenna for small synthetic aperture radar satellites.

Mentioned as: Oxford Space SystemsTechnical ProductJul 19, 2022Oxford Space and SSTL unveil Wrapped Rib SAR antenna

The U.K. Space Agency funds companies like Oxford Space Systems and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. to deliver new space capabilities intended to help tackle challenges including disaster monitoring, urban planning, and transport management.

Mentioned as: Oxford Space SystemsNarrative GeneralJul 19, 2022Oxford Space and SSTL unveil Wrapped Rib SAR antenna

Oxford Space Systems worked with QuadSAT to test the deployable Wrapped Rib reflector.

Mentioned as: Oxford Space SystemsOrg RelationshipJul 19, 2022Oxford Space and SSTL unveil Wrapped Rib SAR antenna

Oxford Space Systems provided the deployable antenna that sits on top of Lacuna Space’s IoT satellite receiver and can receive short messages directly from small battery-powered ground devices.

Mentioned as: Oxford Space SystemsOrg RelationshipMar 23, 2021UK SpaceTech Open Cosmos launches two satellites to bring connectivity to hard-to-reach areas across the globe

Oxford Space Systems provided a deployable antenna that mounts on Lacuna’s IoT satellite receiver and can receive short messages directly from small battery-powered ground devices.

Mentioned as: Oxford Space SystemsNarrative GeneralMar 23, 2021Open Cosmos Milestone Reached With The Launch Of Two Smallsats

Oxford Space Systems’ Wrapped Rib antenna is scheduled to reach orbit in early 2021 as part of Project Oberon, a Ministry of Defence campaign to develop a constellation of synthetic aperture radar satellites.

Mentioned as: Oxford Space SystemsOrg RelationshipSep 2, 2019Seeking next-gen antennas? Remain flexible.

Oxford Space Systems was established in 2013 in the United Kingdom’s Harwell Space Cluster by Mike Lawton.

Mentioned as: Oxford Space SystemsNarrative GeneralSep 2, 2019Seeking next-gen antennas? Remain flexible.

Oxford Space Systems aims to raise another £1,300,000by September to close its Series A financing round.

Mentioned as: Oxford Space SystemsNarrative PlanJun 14, 2018Oxford Space Systems raises $8.9 million for spacecraft component business

Oxford Space Systems raised 6.7 million British pounds from investors.

Mentioned as: Oxford Space SystemsNarrative FinancialJun 14, 2018Oxford Space Systems raises $8.9 million for spacecraft component business

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.

Mentioned as: Oxford Space SystemsNarrative GeneralJun 14, 2018Oxford Space Systems raises $8.9 million for spacecraft component business

Oxford Space Systems has a boom on ALsat-Nano, a joint cubesat project of the U.K. and Algerian space agencies that launched in 2016.

Mentioned as: Oxford Space SystemsNarrative GeneralJun 14, 2018Oxford Space Systems raises $8.9 million for spacecraft component business

Since forming in 2013, Oxford Space Systems has raised a total of £10,000,000to build spacecraft antennas, deployable booms, and other structures.

Mentioned as: Oxford Space SystemsTechnical ProductJun 14, 2018Oxford Space Systems raises $8.9 million for spacecraft component business

On 2018-06-14, Oxford Space Systems moved into a new Harwell Space Cluster headquarters and gained access to an on-campus clean room for flight hardware assembly.

Mentioned as: Oxford Space SystemsOrg RelationshipJun 14, 2018Oxford Space Systems raises $8.9 million for spacecraft component business

Oxford Space Systems tested a 4-meter deployable antenna and can scale that product up to 14 m in diameter.

Mentioned as: Oxford Space SystemsNarrative GeneralJun 14, 2018Oxford Space Systems raises $8.9 million for spacecraft component business
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