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How does our STRaND-1 Cubesat stack up?

Cubesats measure just 10cm per module and STRaND-1 is using a three Cubesat module structure to provide a quick and cost-effective framework to test the applications of smartphone technology in space.

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29 January 20130 Comments0 Comments

SSTL's charitable side

Staff at SSTL raised over £10,000 for charity in 2012. Here's how.

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22 January 20130 Comments0 Comments

WARP speed ahead!

As a pioneering research mission, STRaND-1’s reason for being is to try out new ideas and experimental technologies in space.

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18 January 20130 Comments0 Comments

STRaND-1: A "lightbulb" moment

We’re excited that this innovative mission is in the final build and test phase so we thought we’d take a look back to the beginning: where did the idea for STRaND-1 come from?

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10 January 20130 Comments0 Comments

SSTL has space for everyone

At SSTL we do our best to spread the word that space engineering in Britain today is exciting and also thriving!

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18 December 20120 Comments0 Comments

Space UK: a visionary legacy

Sir Martin Sweeting spoke at the Parliamentary Space Committee this week.  He welcomed government investments and looked to the future of space engineering in Britain.

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13 December 20120 Comments0 Comments

Retired GIOVE-A could help GPS reach even higher heights

In June 2012, the SSTL-built GIOVE-A satellite was retired after an impressive 6 years of service broadcasting prototype Galileo signals.

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12 December 20120 Comments0 Comments

Remembering Sir Patrick Moore

Renowned British astronomer Sir Patrick Moore passed away yesterday, aged 89. 

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10 December 20120 Comments0 Comments

DMCii satellite imagery helps halt deforestation in Argentina

SSTL’s remote sensing arm, DMCii, was recently involved in a project to monitor and help halt deforestation in the El Impenetrable forest in Argentina.

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07 December 20120 Comments0 Comments

Fly the subsystems we fly!

At SSTL we are proud of our mission heritage, with the 39th successful small satellite launch chalked-up in 2012. However, none of these would have even been possible without our reliable satellite subsystems.

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03 December 20120 Comments0 Comments

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