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1000mph Bloodhound car relies on satellite imagery

When you’re driving a car faster than the speed of a bullet, the surface conditions of your track are vital.

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16 May 20130 Comments0 Comments

Space radar exposes ocean activity

The ocean covers 71% of the Earth’s surface and moves 90% of its commerce, yet our ability to monitor activity on the ocean is far less developed than on land.

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25 April 20130 Comments0 Comments

UK-DMC2 tackles North African locust plagues

Every year, Africa faces swarms of locusts, which threaten to decimate crops and endanger food security.

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19 April 20130 Comments0 Comments

Scottish wildfires damage imaged by UK-DMC2

Last week, Scotland was affected by the worst outbreak of wildfires the country has seen in 30 years.

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12 April 20130 Comments0 Comments

TechDemoSat-1 to fly new subsystem designs

TechDemoSat-1 will fly eight innovative and fascinating payloads, but it will also fly some advanced new subsystems developed by SSTL.

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03 April 20130 Comments0 Comments

New technologies spearhead 2013 DMC conference

From the 6th-8th March more than 100 delegates from over 20 countries gathered at the IET Savoy Place in London for the 2013 DMC and NovaSAR Conference.

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25 March 20130 Comments0 Comments

TechDemoSat-1’s LUCID: a novel cosmic ray detector built by students

TechDemoSat-1, the UK technology demonstration mission that will function as an in-orbit test facility for exciting new British technologies, is due to launch later this year.

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14 February 20130 Comments0 Comments

The World's first smartphone in space

STRaND-1, the smartphone nanosatellite from Surrey Space Centre and SSTL, will be launching into orbit later this month.  

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07 February 20130 Comments0 Comments

A day in the life of an SSTL Lab apprentice

When Liam North completed his GCSEs he had no idea that just a couple of years later he’d be lined up to become Lab Manager at the world’s leading small satellite company.

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01 February 20130 Comments0 Comments

University of Surrey awarded Regius Chair in Electronic Engineering

Regius professorships are endowed by a royal patron, and twelve have just been awarded to "outstanding" university departments to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. 

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30 January 20130 Comments0 Comments

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