Surrey Satellite Technology
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| legal form | Limited |
| founding | 1985 |
| Seat | Guildford , England |
| Number of employees | 240 |
| sales | 35 million euros |
| Branch | Space technology |
| Website | www.sstl.co.uk |
The company Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) in Guildford ( Surrey , England) is building small satellites .
It was founded in 1985 to commercialize satellite research results from the University of Surrey , which also owns 80% of the company. Among other things, she developed the GIOVE-A test satellite for Galileo , which was launched into space on December 28, 2005 . Surrey employs around 240 people and has sales of around EUR 35 million.
The best-known product is the Disaster Monitoring Constellation , a network of earth observation satellites operated jointly by several countries .
Web links
- Surrey Homepage (English)
Coordinates: 51 ° 14 ′ 31.2 ″ N , 0 ° 37 ′ 1.3 ″ W.