https://spacewatch.global/tag/surrey-satellite-technology-ltd-sstl/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:02:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/surrey-satellite-technology-ltd-sstl/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2026/03/sstl-to-develop-spacecraft-platform-for-the-lazuli-space-observatory-mission/ Thu, 12 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=71955 Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd has announced its role as a key industrial collaborator in the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Observatory System’s Lazuli, an initiative that aims to deliver one of the most ambitious privately funded space telescopes ever conceived. As part of the program, SSTL will develop the spacecraft platform for the mission, which will carry the Lazuli Space Observatory far beyond Earth orbit into deep space. The Lazuli Space Observatory aims to become the first full-scale privately funded space telescope, with a primary mirror larger than that of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/07/uk-space-agency-announce-new-funding-and-projects-at-the-uk-space-conference/ Fri, 18 Jul 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=66338 The UK Space Agency (UKSA) has awarded four new projects totaling £4.5 million to push the boundaries of satellite-based 5G and 6G systems as the UK government identifies satellite communications as one of five national space capability priorities. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/09/esa-becomes-anchor-customer-on-lunar-pathfinder/ Fri, 17 Sep 2021 06:00:45 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=35822&preview=true&preview_id=35822 Becoming an anchor customer: The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed up with Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) for communications services from Lunar Pathfinder, SSTL said. ESA will be the anchor customer for services from Lunar Pathfinder which will be "the first dedicated lunar communications relay spacecraft"]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/05/esa-and-industry-study-constellation-to-connect-the-moon/ Fri, 21 May 2021 06:00:17 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=32912&preview=true&preview_id=32912 Europe launches Moonlight, a bold proposal to put in place a commercially viable satellite constellation around the Moon. The European Space Agency (ESA) signed contracts with two consortia to develop a Moon constellation and provide telecommunications and navigation services for all kind of Moon missions.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/05/europe-pushes-moonlight-a-lunar-satellite-constellation/ Wed, 19 May 2021 06:00:57 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=32871&preview=true&preview_id=32871 “The first ever lunar communications & navigation service”: Europe pushes ahead with its plan to place communication and navigation satellites around the Moon. Under its Moonlight initiative, the European Space Agency (ESA) supports two consortia of European companies which embark on the design of telecommunications and navigation services for Moon missions.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/02/kazakhstan-to-start-its-own-satellite-design-and-manufacturing-industrial-base/ Thu, 06 Feb 2020 06:00:03 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19154 Kazakhstan has revealed that it intends to stand up and establish its own satellite manufacturing capabilities and industry with the aim of being able to build and launch its own communications and Earth observation satellites, as well as scientific and technological testbed spacecraft.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/uks-surrey-satellite-technology-ltd-appoints-phil-brownnett-as-new-managing-director/ Tue, 21 Jan 2020 06:00:04 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18703 Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) announces the appointment of Phil Brownnett as Managing Director, succeeding Sarah Parker who is stepping down from the role to pursue new challenges.  ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/11/airbus-presents-ground-breaking-technology-for-eutelsat-quantum/ Mon, 25 Nov 2019 06:00:57 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=17216 Airbus, ESA and Eutelsat have presented the new ground breaking multibeam active antenna payload at Airbus in Madrid. Airbus' ELectronically Steerable Antenna+ (ELSA+) is a first for commercial satellite communications in Europe.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/11/philippines-to-use-uks-surrey-satellites-novasar-1-radar-imagery/ Thu, 14 Nov 2019 06:00:59 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16956 Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) has signed an agreement with Republic of the Philippines' Department of Science and Technology-Advanced Science and Technology Institute (DOST-ASTI) to provide a share of the tasking and data acquisition services from NovaSAR-1, the innovative small S-Band radar satellite launched into a 580km sun synchronous orbit in September 2018.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/11/uks-surrey-satellite-ships-elsa-d-target-satellite-to-japans-astroscale/ Tue, 12 Nov 2019 06:00:47 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16952 Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) has shipped a 16kg Target satellite for Astroscale's End-of-Life Services by Astroscale demonstration (ELSA-d) mission to Tokyo, where it will be bolted to the Chaser satellite for environmental testing ahead of launch in 2020.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/11/uk-and-australia-partner-for-satellite-monitoring-of-pacific-islands-under-climate-change-threat/ Wed, 06 Nov 2019 06:00:34 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16828 The UK Space Agency is looking for project ideas, to be delivered through UK aid, that use the data collected by satellites to improve decision-making for disaster risk reduction, ocean monitoring, mangrove mapping and maritime management.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/10/kazakhstan-and-belarus-extend-space-cooperation-agreement-to-include-exchange-of-satellite-imagery/ Tue, 29 Oct 2019 06:00:20 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16686 Kazakhstan and Belarus have extended their 2017 space cooperation agreement, and have committed to exchanging satellite imagery with each other.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/09/airbus-tapped-by-uks-dstl-to-develop-high-resolution-sar-sensors-for-project-oberon/ Mon, 16 Sep 2019 05:00:26 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16002 Airbus has won a design study from the UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) to develop the technologies for a cluster of ultra-high-resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites for the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD).]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/07/airbus-expands-satellite-imagery-service-offering-with-sstls-s1-4-vision-1-capability/ Tue, 02 Jul 2019 05:00:50 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=14878 Airbus has enlarged its high-resolution imagery portfolio following an agreement to leverage capacity from the S1-4 satellite built by Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL). This new imagery offer called Vision-1 delivers full end-to-end imaging operations to Airbus’ customers.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/05/thai-engineers-visit-uks-sstl-for-theos-2-technology-transfer/ Thu, 30 May 2019 05:00:36 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=14375 UK's Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) welcomed Customer Engineers from Thailand's Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA) to its premises in Guildford, UK, to participate in the THEOS-2 SmallSAT Earth Observation project.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/05/british-military-space-leaked-defence-space-strategy-cites-expanding-threats-proposes-protective-measures-and-new-satellites/ Fri, 10 May 2019 05:00:12 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=14000 The UK's long awaited defence space strategy has been leaked to The Times, one of Britain's leading newspapers, and reveals a growing acknowledgement of threats against satellites by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and hints at the development and procurement of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) and positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) satellites.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/05/sstl-announces-new-earth-observation-data-contract-with-airbus/ Thu, 02 May 2019 05:00:25 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13806 Surrey Satellite Technology has signed a contract with Airbus to provide high resolution optical data from the SSTL S1-4, an Earth observation satellite which was launched in September 2018.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/02/british-new-space-orbex-space-to-launch-sstl-payload-from-scotland-in-2021/ Tue, 12 Feb 2019 06:00:32 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12729 Orbex has announced that it is partnering with UK-based Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) to carry an experimental payload on its maiden flight from Scotland in 2021.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/02/spacewatchgl-oped-space-junk-are-we-doing-enough/ Sun, 10 Feb 2019 09:00:16 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12711 We haven’t looked after our planet, and, in the grand scheme of things, it’s all happened very quickly. The Industrial Revolution may have made life easier for us, but it’s had a devastating impacting on our home]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/01/uks-surrey-satellite-completes-eutelsat-quantum-small-geo-platform/ Fri, 11 Jan 2019 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12312 Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) has completed the build of the platform for EUTELSAT QUANTUM, the world’s first geostationary telecommunications satellite that will be fully reconfigurable in orbit.]]>