http://www.technologynewsroom.comSun, 19 May 2013 07:44:07 GMTPress releases from technology newsroom.comen-ushttp://www.technologynewsroom.com/press_releases/company_releases.aspx?story=2178Surrey 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. technologynewsroom.comWed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.technologynewsroom.com/press_releases/company_releases.aspx?story=2150Dr. 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.technologynewsroom.comFri, 05 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.technologynewsroom.com/press_releases/company_releases.aspx?story=2148ENGLEWOOD, 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.technologynewsroom.comWed, 03 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.technologynewsroom.com/press_releases/company_releases.aspx?story=2132STRaND-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).technologynewsroom.comThu, 07 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.technologynewsroom.com/press_releases/company_releases.aspx?story=2127Surrey 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.technologynewsroom.comTue, 05 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.technologynewsroom.com/press_releases/company_releases.aspx?story=2123STRaND-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.technologynewsroom.comMon, 25 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.technologynewsroom.com/press_releases/company_releases.aspx?story=2124Surrey 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.technologynewsroom.comMon, 25 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.technologynewsroom.com/press_releases/company_releases.aspx?story=2117A 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. technologynewsroom.comThu, 07 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.technologynewsroom.com/press_releases/company_releases.aspx?story=2108SSTL 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.technologynewsroom.comMon, 28 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.technologynewsroom.com/press_releases/company_releases.aspx?story=2106ENGLEWOOD, 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.technologynewsroom.comFri, 18 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.technologynewsroom.com/press_releases/company_releases.aspx?story=2094An experimental GPS receiver, built by Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL), has successfully achieved a GPS position fix at 23,300km altitude – the first position fix above the GPS constellation on a civilian satellite. The SGR-GEO receiver is collecting data that could help SSTL to develop a receiver to navigate spacecraft in Geostationary orbit (GEO) or even in deep space.technologynewsroom.comFri, 30 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.technologynewsroom.com/press_releases/company_releases.aspx?story=2069ENGLEWOOD, COLO. October 17, 2012—Today Surrey Satellite Technology US LLC (“Surrey”) announced a contract for the batch production of its industry-leading SGR-10 Space GPS Receiver. Surrey also announced the selection of Aeroflex’s division in Colorado Springs, Colorado, as a strategic partner for the in-country manufacture of electronic assemblies.technologynewsroom.comWed, 17 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.technologynewsroom.com/press_releases/company_releases.aspx?story=2065Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) is undertaking a project to assist geospatial information provider RapidEye AG in upgrading and consolidating its ground station facilities.technologynewsroom.comTue, 09 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.technologynewsroom.com/press_releases/company_releases.aspx?story=2059Sir Martin Sweeting, founder and executive chairman of Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) and Director of the Surrey Space Centre at the University of Surrey, has been presented with the International von Kármán Wings Award for his contributions to aerospace. technologynewsroom.comMon, 17 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.technologynewsroom.com/press_releases/company_releases.aspx?story=2058Sir Martin Sweeting, Executive Chairman and founder of Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL), yesterday accepted the 2012 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Space Systems award for the Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC).technologynewsroom.comThu, 13 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.technologynewsroom.com/press_releases/company_releases.aspx?story=2049Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) today announced the successful separation from the Soyuz launcher and subsequent operation of mission-critical systems onboard the exactView-1 satellite, which was built by the Company under contract to prime contractor COM DEV Canada for exactEarth. technologynewsroom.comThu, 26 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.technologynewsroom.com/press_releases/company_releases.aspx?story=2046Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) today announced the successful launch of exactView-1 at UTC 06:41:39 into a sun synchronous polar orbit of 800km by a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.technologynewsroom.comSun, 22 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.technologynewsroom.com/press_releases/company_releases.aspx?story=2043Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) Director of Telecommunications & Navigation, Dr John Paffett, has today signed a contract with Dr. Ingo Engeln, Member of the Executive Board of OHB System AG at the Farnborough International Airshow for the construction of a further eight navigation payloads for the European Galileo programme.technologynewsroom.comWed, 11 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.technologynewsroom.com/press_releases/company_releases.aspx?story=2044Surrey Satellite Technology US LLC (SST-US) has today signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Virgin Galactic optimizing Surrey’s innovative satellites for Virgin’s new launch vehicle, radically lowering the cost of building and launching small satellites.technologynewsroom.comWed, 11 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.technologynewsroom.com/press_releases/company_releases.aspx?story=2040Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) is announcing the planned launch of exactView-1, the highest detection performance Automatic Identification System (AIS) satellite ever built, on 22nd July by a Soyuz launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. technologynewsroom.comFri, 06 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT