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exactView-1 rockets into orbit

On Sunday at UTC 06.41.39, exactView-1 was successfully launched into its 800km sun synchronous polar orbit from the Baikonur launch site in Kazakhstan. exactView-1 was launched by Soyuz vehicle - the most-flown orbital launch system ever developed "“ and is expected to be the highest detectio...

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25 July 20120 Comments0 Comments


SST-US and Virgin Galactic redefine launch costs

Yesterday SSTL’s US operation, SST-US, and Virgin Galactic signed a Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) at Farnborough International Air Show to collaborate on radically lowering the cost of building and launching small satellites. The MOU comes hot on the heels of Virgin’s announcement of the n...

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13 July 20120 Comments0 Comments


Busy weekend for Space Apps Challenge!

Last weekend over 2,000 software developers, engineers, hackers and space enthusiasts gathered at 26 different locations across the world to partake in the NASA Space Apps Challenge. The two day Challenge took on real world problems and tried to solve them using freely available open-source da...

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26 April 20120 Comments0 Comments


SSTL sponsors global space brainstorm

Tomorrow, space enthusiasts across the world will get together to try and work out solutions and applications that space technology can provide for mankind. In case you hadn’t already guessed, we’re talking about NASA’s Space Apps Challenge, a 2 day codeathon-style extravaganza aimed at promot...

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20 April 20120 Comments0 Comments


SSTL Propels Future Space Engineers

This year, SSTL is once again supporting the Engineering Education Scheme (EES), by sponsoring a team of budding space engineers from the nearby Royal Grammar School (RGS), Guildford. The EES is operated by the Education Development Trust’s (EDT), which is the largest provider of Science, Te...

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03 April 20120 Comments0 Comments


Baroness Wilcox witnesses innovation at SSTL

Yesterday Baroness Wilcox visited SSTL to see with her own eyes how SSTL is contributing to the future of Britain’s high-tech economy. The visit was part of a tour of innovative businesses in Surrey organised by the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills. During her visit the minister ...

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16 March 20120 Comments0 Comments


Martin Unwin wins Tycho Brahe navigation award

Dr. Martin Unwin from SSTL’s GNSS Receivers team has been awarded the 2011 Tycho Brahe prize for contributions towards space navigation, guidance and control. The prize was awarded at the International Technical Meeting of the Institute of Navigation in Newport Beach, California earlier this year...

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16 February 20120 Comments0 Comments


Inside SSTL's new Kepler building

For anyone visiting the SSTL headquarters in Guildford UK during the past year, it’s been hard to miss the construction of the new state-of-the-art Kepler Building just opposite. True to SSTL’s approach, the building, that was just blueprints months ago, is now ready for business and ...

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12 July 20110 Comments0 Comments


David Cameron, Wen Jibao witness DMC3 signing

Earlier this week, UK Prime Minister David Cameron and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao witnessed the signing of a £110m satellite imaging deal between SSTL subsidiary DMCii and Beijing-based company 21AT during the UK-China trade summit at 10 Downing Street. Mme Wu Shuang and Sir Prof. Martin Sweet...

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30 June 20110 Comments0 Comments


Meet Surrey at Satellite 2010

SSTL and its US operation SST US are attending the Satellite 2010 exhibition at National Harbor, Maryland, USA from 16-18 March 2010. Visit Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd on stand 1925. SST US CEO John Paffett will be joined by Kathryn O'Donnell, Yasrine Ibnyahya and Simon Crouch from SST...

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03 March 20100 Comments0 Comments


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