News from 2018

16/08/2018

SSTL announces NovaSAR-1 and SSTL S1-4 will launch on ISRO's PSLV

SSTL has signed an agreement with Antrix Corporation Limited, the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), for the launch of NovaSAR-1 and SSTL S1-4.

1/08/2018

SSTL & NOC launch first global GNSS-Reflectometry ocean wind data service

The first global GNSS-Reflectometry ocean wind data service has been launched by SSTL together with partner the National Oceanography Centre (NOC), and with support from the European Space Agency.

24/07/2018

CEOI grant to enable on board video processing

SSTL is part of a consortium which has been granted funds by the UK's CEOI to develop novel technologies to speed-up processing of high quality images and video recorded from space.

18/07/2018

JAXA Space Conference

SSTL's Anita Bernie shares her insights into the JAXA Space Symposium held in Tokyo at the beginning of July.

10/07/2018

Wimbledon Centre Court imaged from 650km orbit

Today marks the 3rd anniversary in orbit of the DMC3/TripleSat Constellation - and to mark it, our customer 21AT have released an image of the All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon.

3/07/2018

Theos-2 contract signed

SSTL's MD Sarah Parker and Nicolas Chamussy, EVP Space Systems for Airbus Defence and Space sign THEOS-2 smallsat contract.

20/06/2018

RemoveDEBRIS deployed into Low Earth Orbit from the ISS

The RemoveDEBRIS Active Debris Removal technology demonstrator has been deployed from the International Space Station - and became the largest satellite to ever be deployed from the ISS to date!

6/06/2018

RemoveDEBRIS in Kibo airlock on the ISS

The RemoveDEBRIS spacecraft is now in the Kibo airlock on the International Space Station awaiting deployment in the next couple of weeks!

4/06/2018

SSTL awards Launch Services Agreement to Firefly

Firefly Aerospace announced today the execution of a Launch Services Agreement SSTL for use of the Firefly Alpha launch vehicle.

30/05/2018

Space Exploration Masters Challenge

Submit your innovative business ideas for resiliant on-orbit exploration in the 2018 Space Exploration Masters Challenge!

17/04/2018

SSTL and Goonhilly sign collaboration agreement with ESA

SSTL, Goonhilly and ESA have signed a collaboration agreement for Commercial Lunar Mission Support Services at the Space Symposium in Colorado Springs today.

17/04/2018

Goonhilly, Surrey Satellite & Astrobotic Join Forces

Pioneering agreement to grow public and private lunar ecosystems: Communications to reach the far side of the Moon.

16/04/2018

SSTL releases first full colour videos from CARBONITE-2

SSTL has today released a set of videos taken from orbit by CARBONITE-2, launched on 12 January 2018.

2/02/2018

SSTL and 21AT announce new Earth Observation data contract

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) signed a £25M contract in Beijing yesterday with Twenty First Century Aerospace Technology Co., Ltd (21AT).

25/01/2018

SSTL joins Viasat's Real Time Earth Network

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) and Viasat (NASDAQ: VSAT) today marked the start of operations of the new Viasat antenna system installed at SSTL’s Guildford headquarters.

12/01/2018

SSTL confirms launch of CARBONITE-2 and Telesat LEO satellite

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd has confirmed the successful launch of CARBONITE-2, an Earth Observation technology demonstration mission, and of the Telesat LEO Phase 1 communications satellite.

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2018 news archive