SSTL appoints Toru Yunoki as Telecommunications Business Development Manager 1/5/2013 |      |
Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) has appointed Mr Toru Yunoki as Business Development Manager for its Telecommunications products. In his new role, Mr Yunoki is responsible for promoting SSTL’s range of telecommunications solutions, including GEO platforms, subsystems and services to the global market. More ... | _75dpi.jpg) |
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SSTL CEO Matt Perkins appointed Vice-Chair of UKspace 5/4/2013 |      |
Dr. Matt Perkins, CEO of Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL), has been elected Vice-Chair of the UK Industry Association for Space (UKspace), the trade association of the UK space industry. More ... |  |
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Surrey Satellite US Opens New Satellite Mission Facility in Colorado 3/4/2013 |      |
ENGLEWOOD, COLO., April 3, 2013— Surrey Satellite Technology US LLC (SST-US) has moved into a purpose-built company headquarters and satellite manufacturing facility in Englewood, Colorado, providing full mission capabilities to its growing customer base. More ... |  |
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Smartphone satellite “STRaND-1” operational in orbit 7/3/2013 |      |
STRaND-1, the nanosatellite carrying a smartphone, has been declared operational in orbit by the mission team from the University of Surrey’s Surrey Space Centre (SSC) and Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL). More ... |  |
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UK’s TechDemoSat-1 to launch Q3 2013 5/3/2013 |      |
Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) has signed an agreement with Glavkosmos / NPO Lavotchkin for the launch of the UK technology demonstration mission, TechDemoSat-1, by the Soyuz launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan in Q3 this year. More ... |  |
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World’s first “phonesat”, STRaND-1, successfully launched into orbit 25/2/2013 |      |
STRaND-1, a nanosatellite carrying a smartphone, has successfully launched into Space from India today.
- STRaND-1 will fly the world's first smartphone in orbit and is the UK’s first CubeSat launched.
- The satellite flies a Google Nexus One smartphone, a new Linux-based high-speed processor and attitude & orbit control system, and two novel propulsion systems (8 pulsed plasma thrusters and a water-alcohol propulsion system).
- STRaND-1 is a training and demonstration mission 3U CubeSat (10cm x 30cm) weighing 4.3 kg, developed by the Surrey Space Centre and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. More ... |  |
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SSTL’s 40th satellite platform launch: Sapphire reaches orbit 25/2/2013 |      |
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) is delighted that the Sapphire satellite, developed by prime contractor MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) on an SSTL-150 platform, has been successfully launched today from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, India, marking the 40th spacecraft launch for SSTL since 1981. More ... |  |
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The world’s first smartphone in Space ‘STRaND-1’ ready for launch 7/2/2013 |      |
A UK mission, jointly developed by the University of Surrey’s Surrey Space Centre (SSC) and Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL), to send the world’s first smartphone satellite into orbit, is due to launch on 25th February. More ... |  |
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SSTL to build up to twelve satellites for FORMOSAT-7’s global weather forecasting programme 28/1/2013 |      |
SSTL has been awarded the contract by the National Space Organization (NSPO) in Taiwan for the design and manufacture of up to twelve satellite platforms for the FORMOSAT-7/COSMIC-2 constellation. The contract was awarded in an open international competition, with SSTL providing the most cost-effective solution. More ... |  |
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AFRL Selects Surrey Satellite US to Evaluate Small Satellite Approach to GPS 18/1/2013 |      |
ENGLEWOOD, COLO. January 18, 2013-The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has selected Surrey Satellite Technology US LLC (SST-US) to investigate cost reduction and augmentation of the current GPS constellation through the application of the small satellite approach. More ... |  |
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