Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd
Patrick Wood
Managing Director, SSTL
3rd December 2015
Changing the economics of space
1
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd
• 2015 celebrating SSTL 30th year
• On of the most successful
University spin outs
• Continued strong relationship
with Surrey Space Centre – SSC.
500 staff. Surrey UK & Denver US
• SSC Horizon scanning low TRL
Small satellites: Enabling new architectures
34
40
%
Years+ in operation.
6 Oct 1981 to date.
3.5kg
Lightest
SSTL
spacecraft
(STRaND-1)
660kg
Heaviest
SSTL
spacecraft
(GIOVE-A)
6
Number of SSTL constellations
deployed and under contract
(DMC, RapidEye, F7, DMC3,
Galileo, Kanopus)
Share of global small
satellite market.
2.4 27
Spacecraft launched per year
Launches from 8 launch sites
19
500+
Number of satellites
currently operated or
monitored from our
Mission Control Centre
SSTL satellite years in orbit
6
Space Agencies formed
18
SSTL space
development
and training
programmes
3
Spin-out
companies
30
Longest duration SSTL
satellite operating in orbit
(years)
47
SSTL
satellites
launched
18 24
Satellites in manufacture
Payloads in manufacture
As at July 2015
Complete capability
• Mission concepts &
System design
• Technology transfer &
training programmes
• Satellite design
• Satellite manufacturing &
Assembly, Integration &
Test
• Payload integration
• Full Platform range
– LEO, HEO, MEO, GEO …….
•
•
•
•
Launch vehicle services
Launch campaign
Satellite operations
Ground control /processing
SSTL Missions
Asteroids
Planets
Moon
Comms & Nav
Observation Missions
Orbital Maint.
GEO
Comms
HEO
Navigation
Science Missions
MEO
Orbital Maintenance
RADAR
Science Missions
Optical Missions
LEO Comms
Technology Demonstration Missions
LEO
0
100
500
Commercial in Confidence
1,000
Launch Mass, Kg
5,000
5
SSTL Product Range
GEO
HEO
SSTL
GMP-A
SSTL
GMP-E
SSTL
GMP-T
MEO
SSTL
300
SSTL
12
LEO
0
SSTL
50
SSTL
300+
SSTL
100+
SSTL
100
100
SSTL
1000
SSTL SSTL
150
250
500
Commercial in Confidence
1,000
Launch Mass, Kg
5,000
6
DMC3 1-metre resolution, high
capacity dedicated constellation
• SSTL built and launched 3 EO satellites (1-metre native GSD)
• Leasing imaging capacity to info services company 21AT, Beijing
 Owned & controlled by SSTL
 Design capable of 75 cm
GSD at lower orbit
 Launched July 2015
 3 SSTL 300 S1 sats
 7 years lifetime
 Worldwide reach with Daily
access
SSTL Earth Observation - Optical
50
SSTL
Imager
Innovation
metres GSD
10
5
Step change
Innovation
Carbonite
1
0.5
0
New
design
Carbgoal
SSTL
12
SSTL
SSTL SSTL
SSTL
50
150
300
100+
Commercial in Confidence
SSTL
300+
8
From Nano to GEO
• Low TRL horizon scanning; SSC, Harwell, AGI
– E.g. EP, microvib, Apps, Adhoc networks, Optical comms
• SSTL 12: NanoSat Engineering group – NanoLab
• Encourage more 100Kg+ TDS missions
– Platform and Payload in orbit heritage
• Looking forward to UK low cost access to space
• Harwell is key:
– Environmental Testing facility, Low TRL research, ESA
interaction, Downstream applications exploitation
• But also utilise regional centres like Surrey
– Research, Education, SSTL, Downstream Apps
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd
Pioneering low cost satellites
Focus applications, innovation and value
Complete end to end solution
Partnership approach to deliver low cost, high value capability
Patrick Wood
SSTL Group Managing Director
Tycho House, 20 Stephenson Road, Surrey Research Park, Guildford GU2 7YE, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1483 804747 Email: p.wood@sstl.co.uk | www.sstl.co.uk
Assistant: Jackie Le Cheminant, Tel: +44 (0)1483 804202, Email J.LeCheminant@sstl.co.uk