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BAE Systems Partners with Surrey Satellite to Bring SmallSat to U.S. |
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NASHUA, N.H., April 4, 2006/Satnews Daily/ — BAE Systems has begun partnering with Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) to bring the U.K. technology firm's small-satellite technology and processes to the U.S. market.
Under a memorandum of agreement, BAE Systems' Space Systems and Electronics unit and SSTL will offer customers - particularly NASA and the Department of Defense - a broad range of small-satellite capabilities, affordably and at low risk.
Surrey Satellite designs, manufactures, and operates high-performance, low-cost small satellites. The satellites can be developed rapidly to meet civil and military Earth observation, communications, navigation, and space science applications. Over the past 25 years, SSTL has launched 26 small satellites into low and high Earth orbit for international customers. SSTL pioneered the use of commercial, off-the-shelf technologies in space.
BAE Systems develops and produces a wide array of space electronics and integrated solutions, from single-board, radiation-hardened computers to complete instrument payloads.
The partnership provides focused capability at lower cost and with shorter time to launch compared to typical satellite programs. The partnership plans to make satellite ownership affordable for U.S. agencies that historically have found the cost prohibitive, while also offering a lower-cost alternative to the established U.S. domestic space authorities.
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