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Satellite in a suitcase

Last month, we discussed the benefits of using a simulator to test groundstation equipment and to train operators. Most satellite simulators are custom-built and large pieces of equipment. The Kazakhstan MRES satellite simulator, for example, is a high-end tower PC with a 19-inch rack that houses...

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13 June 20120 Comments0 Comments

The building blocks of a future in space

In the popular imagination, spacecraft and satellites are still the stuff of 1950s science fiction: large in scale and perhaps more shining matter than technological substance. However, the time has come to radically alter how we think about the scale of space technology. After all, the iPhone...

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30 May 20120 Comments0 Comments

Satellite simulators: training for space

In Space, timing is everything. During the commissioning and deployment of a satellite, operators have a limited time to get the system commissioned and handed over to the customer. The same is true when an anomaly occurs, such as an electrical glitch caused by exposure to radiation. Operators th...

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15 May 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

50 years of the UK in space

This is a year of momentous milestones in the life of Britain, ranging from Charles Dickens’ bicentenary to the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Adding further significance to 2012 is the UK space industry, which has a golden anniversary to mark: the launch of the nation’s first satellite, Ariel-1, on Ap...

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18 April 20120 Comments0 Comments

UK supports space innovation overseas

Minister for Universities and Science David Willetts has announced a £6 million co-funded grant for commercial products and services developments from space-based systems and technology. SSTL is leading one of four projects that will benefit, as part of the National Space Technology Programme (NS...

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12 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

NigeriaSat-2 captures stunning high-res images

The highly advanced Earth Observation satellite, NigeriaSat-2, has captured stunning imagery from around the world. NigeriaSat-2 is Nigeria’s third satellite in orbit and was launched alongside NigeriaSat-X, the satellite built by Nigerian engineers under SSTL supervision in Surrey to continu...

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19 March 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

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