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Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

Surrey Launches Small Satellite E-Commerce Website

SSTL – Surrey Satellite Technology US LLC (SST-US) announces the launch of “Surrey Online”—an e-commerce website that handles online sales of SST-US commercial satellites and related products. Open for online business starting August 10, 2010, Surrey Online sells all of Surrey’s available commercial, off-the-shelf flight subsystems, ranging from single standalone units, such as GPS receivers,

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

SSTL Kicks Off Small Satellite for Kazakhstan

  SSTL has commenced building a small satellite for the Republic of Kazakhstan that will provide medium resolution multi-spectral earth observation capability to complement the high resolution satellite that is being provided by EADS Astrium as part of the contract awarded to the company in October 2009. The Republic of Kazakhstan is utilising the latest

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

SSTL – Gulf of Mexico oil Slick Captured by Satellite

SSTL’s satellite imaging subsidiary DMCii has used itsUK-DMC2 satellite to monitor the oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico.Satellite imagery is being supplied to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa), and the US Geological Survey (USGS) following an activation of the International Charter : Space and Major Disasters. Read More

Friday, June 11th, 2010

SSTL Celebrates 25 Years of Innovation in Space

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) celebrates 25 years of space innovation today.  The British company was incorporated on 11th June 1985 to commercialise small satellite research from the University of Surrey and has since become the most successful cash exit from a UK university spin-out when it was acquired by EADS Astrium last year.

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

Highly Advanced NigeriaSat-2 Small Satellite Launch Date Announced

SSTL has today announced that it will launch the NigeriaSat-2 and NigeriaSat-X satellites on behalf of the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) by a Dnepr launch vehicle from Yasny, Russia on 29th October 2010.NigeriaSat-2 is the most advanced small satellite ever to be launched, defining new standards in Earth observation and avionics.  The

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