Surrey
Satellite Technology Ltd
Surrey Space Centre
Guildford
GU2 7XH
UK
tel: +44
1483 689278
fax: +44 1483 689503
url:
http://www.sstl.co.uk
SSTL specialises in the design, manufacture
and operation of high-performance yet low-cost small satellites provided on
rapid timescales to meet both civil and military Earth observation,
communications and space science applications. Over the last 22 years SSTL have
launched 21 small satellite missions into low Earth orbit for international
customers, pioneering use of 'commercial-of-the-shelf' (COTS) technologies and
resulting in an experience and heritage of missions and in-orbit operations
unmatched by any other professional satellite manufacturer.
SSTL's
latest three satellites, for the international disaster monitoring
constellation, will be launched from Plestesk (Russia) next month.
NigeriaSat-1, BILSAT-1 and UK-DMC will be placed into orbit by a Kosmos rocket
on 28 July, joining AlSAT-1, for Algeria last November. The DMC is a
collaboration between organisations in six countries: Algeria, China, Nigeria,
Thailand, Turkey and the UK to launch an Earth observation constellation of
small satellites providing daily imaging revisit worldwide to assist in
disaster monitoring.
Currently under construction at Surrey is an
enhanced, agile microsatellite to demonstrate 2.5-metre resolution Earth
imaging for the UK MoD.
SSTL employs 150 staff at Guildford, currently
working on LEO, geostationary and interplanetary platforms - exploiting the
cost-effective technology and techniques that are the hallmarks of Surrey's
work.