Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd
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Social Responsibility
SSTL believes that space exploration is about more than just commercial enterprise. With our knowledge and expertise also comes a responsibility to share it for the benefit of mankind.
Disaster relief
This is why we established the Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC) – a global network of satellites that can image the damage caused by any natural disaster within hours of it happening. These images are made available to the affected countries and aid agencies free of charge to help them plan relief efforts.
Each satellite in the DMC is independently owned and operated, each providing 5% capacity free for daily imaging of disaster areas. The satellites are spaced around a sun-synchronous orbit to ensure complete coverage of the globe.
Sharing knowledge and expertise
SSTL are keen to share knowledge and expertise with customers who require training for their own engineers, developing skills to help local expertise and industry.
Our close working relationship with the University of Surrey means that we can offer MSc and PhD qualifications in return for 18 months spent with SSTL engineers, during which time they will learn how to operate and maintain their own spacecraft.
