SATELLITE SENT INTO ORBIT

A satellite designed and built in Guildford has been sent into orbit! SSTL (Surrey Satellite Tecnhology Ltd) who are based here in the Surrey Research Park, have successfully launched a new satellite in Kazakhstan. It was announced that the spacecraft, called TechDemoSat-1, launched into orbit just before 4pm on Tuesday 8th July. It includes a miniature radiation and effects monitior from the Surrey Space Centre, a compact instrument to detect electrons and ions from the Mullars Space Science Laboratory, and an enhanced GPS reciever from SSTL, which will be used to monitor reflected signals to determine ocean roughness. SSTL will be managing the spacecraft monitoring and operations for TechDemoSat-1 from their base in Guildford.