27 November 2017
ASTROSCALE and SSTL join forces to get rid of space debris
... issue of keeping the skies above our planet clear is ASTROSCALE Ltd, who have recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) to pursue joint missions designed to safeguard the orbital environment for...
07 November 2019
SSTL ships target satellite to Tokyo for Astroscale’s ELSA-d mission
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has shipped a 16kg Target satellite for Astroscale’s End-of-Life Services by Astroscale demonstration (ELSA-d) mission to Tokyo, where it will be bolted to the Chaser satellite for environmental testing ahead ...
08 February 2019
New Orbex rocket revealed
... from Scotland,” said Larmour. The inaugural launch has already been booked by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) of Guildford, which plans to loft an experimental payload. Astrocast SA of Switzerland also intends to be on an early launch...
21 September 2018
Net to capture space junk passes debut debris collection
... specialist satellite was designed, built and manufactured by a consortium of leading space companies including the Surrey Space ... of the Surrey Space Centre. Sir Martin Sweeting, Executive Chairman of SSTL and Chairman of the Surrey Space Centre,...
11 January 2019
Revolutionary "Chameleon" satellite ready for final assembly
... more. Commissioned by Eutelsat and built in Britain by Airbus and Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) in Portsmouth and Guildford, EUTELSAT QUANTUM is the first satellite capable of being completely reprogrammed after launch. Nicknamed the ‘chameleon...
July 2014
Space 1.0 to Space 3.0: from Gagarin to market growth
... the most varied technological and scientific directions, leading to the creation of rockets, satellites, rocket engines and...And the British company SSTL, which started out as a university laboratory producing micro-satellites, became a genuine ...