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Shaun Kenyon talks tiny tech and satellite-speak

Space Blog caught up with Shaun Kenyon from SSTL’s Mission Concepts following a busy IAC 2010 at the start of the month for the eagerly awaited follow-up to our Mission Concepts interview with Kathryn Graham. Shaun is perhaps one of the luckiest men in the building. One of his tasks is to keep...

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03 November 20100 Comments0 Comments

Space security guru Stuart to advise government

SSTL’s military space expert Dr. Stuart Eves has accepted a year’s secondment to the new Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) at the UK’s new Harwell facility to advise on space security. His principal responsibility will be as the authority on the Security and Resilience Unit (SRU)...

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28 April 20100 Comments0 Comments

[AUTOSAVED] SSTL on The Gadget Show

Small satellite pioneer and all round British space innovator SSTL will star in next week’s episode of The Gadget Show on the UK’s Five television channel scheduled for broadcast 8pm on the 8th March. Of course the exact details of the program are top secret, but presenters Ortis Deley and Suz...

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26 February 20100 Comments0 Comments

SSTL on The Gadget Show

Small satellite pioneer and all round British space innovator SSTL will star in next week’s episode of The Gadget Show on the UK’s Five television channel at 8pm on the 8th March. Of course the exact details of the program are top secret, but presenters Ortis Deley and Suzi Perry will attemp...

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26 February 20100 Comments0 Comments

SSTL sponsors students scientists

SSTL is sponsoring a team of students that have been enrolled in the Engineering Education Scheme (EES) to help solve real and live problems for engineering, applied science and technological companies. The Scheme is set up by the Engineering Development Trust (EDT), with the aim to provide stud...

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01 December 20090 Comments0 Comments

Nigerian satellites tested at RAL

Nigeria's NigeriaSat-2 and NX earth observation satellites are undergoing tests at the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s (STFC’s) Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. The two satellites in the SSTD at RALNigeriaSat-2 and NX are being built for Nigeria's National Space Research and Develop...

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11 August 20090 Comments0 Comments

Galileo satellite progress from Paris

Gaileo is turning out to be a hot topic at this year's Paris Air Show. On the 15th June ESA and Arianespace signed a contract for the launch of the first four operational Galileo satellites on two Soyuz launch vehicles from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. Also this week, ESA and the OHB/SS...

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18 June 20090 Comments0 Comments

British space rocket's return?

It is 38 years since the UK government abandoned its successful satellite launcher programme, Black Arrow. It could be argued that the cancellation of Black Arrow marked the end of the UK's chances of becoming a major space power. The UK had been at the forefront of rocketry since World War II ...

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03 February 20090 Comments0 Comments

Alsat-1 still going strong

Alsat-1, the first SSTL satellite of the Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC) and the catalyst of Algeria’s fledgling space programme, remains healthy and fully operational after its sixth year in orbit. Alsat-1 image of TunisNow, having exceeded its original 5 year schedule, Alsat-1 is mo...

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15 December 20080 Comments0 Comments

Obama and the International Space Station (ISS)

In the spirit of Obama’s new reign, international partners will be enlisted to provide International Space Station (ISS) cargo re-supply, and eventually alternate means for sending crews to the ISS. International Space StationThe International Space Station is also held up as an outstanding e...

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15 December 20080 Comments0 Comments

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