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Surrey Wins Role On Canadian Satellite Program
Guildford UK (SPX) Feb 05, 2008 Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) in the UK has been awarded a contract from Canadian company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) to deliver a satellite platform as part of the Sapphire space object surveillance programme. MDA has been selected as the mission prime and will lead the Sapphire mission team that will include SSTL and COM DEV of Cambridge, Ontario, who will build the payload. As part of their contract, SSTL will manufacture a Ground Control Centre and install it in Canada. The mission will provide a satellite-based Resident Space Object (RSO) observing service that will provide accurate tracking data on deep space orbiting objects. SAPPHIRE will feature a space-based data collection platform for continuous surveillance of manmade objects in medium to high Earth orbits (6,000 to 40,000 km). The data collected will be processed by a ground-based system and the results will be used to update the U.S. Satellite Catalogue that is used by both NORAD and Canada to provide space situational awareness. The two year programme is part of a $65 million contract from Canada's Department of National Defence (DND), with potential to extend the contract to cover mission support, operations and maintenance. SSTL is experienced in building satellite platforms for security sensitive missions as well as supporting the integration of sensitive payloads to the platform at the customer's facility outside UK. Current projects at SSTL include a major contract with MDA for the five-satellite RapidEye mission which will launch this year. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Surrey Satellite Technology Limited MDA Microsat News and Nanosat News at SpaceMart.com
ISRO To Launch New Genre Of Micro-Satellites
Ahmedabad, India (PTI) Sep 10, 2007Having successfully launched several indigenous satellites in the past, the Indian Space Research Organisation is now in the process of launching the first of its new genre of micro-satellites weighing less than 100 kgs. "Our main aim now is to make the satellite systems as compact as possible," said Dr S K Sharma, the Group Director, Project Planning Group (PPG) at the Space Applications Centre (SAC) here. |
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