Space engineering firm to build £10m testing facility

Published: 30-Sep-2010
Design & Build Hi Tech Manufacturing

The new facility in Guildford, Surrey, will enable SSTL to work on a broader satellite range and add testing capacity

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL), in partnership with the University of Surrey’s Research Park, is building a £10m facility opposite its headquarters in Guildford, UK to house cleanrooms, laboratories and testing facilities for space engineering.

SSTL said the additional building would enable it to work on a broader range of satellites and add capacity to integrate and test more satellites.

The 3,700m2 facility will house around 40 staff and anything up to a further 100 staff at peak test and integration periods.

Due for completion in April 2011, the facility will be operating at full capacity as soon as it is opened. Its cleanroom facilities will be used for the testing and integration of 14 navigation payloads for the deployment phase of Europe’s future Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS).

Among the facilities will be two 125m3 walk-in thermal chambers, a seismic test platform with 16,000kg, 10,000kg and 8,000kg gantry cranes.

Since 1981 SSTL has built and launched 34 satellites – as well as providing training and development programmes, consultancy services, and mission studies for ESA, NASA, international governments and commercial customers.

See more

You may also like

Design & Build

Surrey Satellite Technology chooses Monmouth Scientific for UK Space Command project

Read more
Monmouth Scientific provided a modular cleanroom for the satellite production company’s contract to build “Tyche”

Trending Articles

  1. Guy’s and St Thomas’ Trust chooses Scitech for advanced therapy facility expansion Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust is increasing production capacity at its clinical trial manufacturing unit with upgraded GMP infrastructure and expanded cleanroom space
  2. Steriline to showcase aseptic packaging lines at Pharma Pro&Pack Expo Steriline’s continued growth in India underlines the strategic importance of the Asian market
  3. Thai Uni signs cleanroom monitoring MOU with Lighthouse Worldwide Solutions King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok and a contamination monitoring specialist have partnered to develop cleanroom labs, research, and training to support Thailand’s growing electronics and semiconductor sectors
  4. Case study: Overcoming retrofit challenges for a semiconductor facility Nortek Air Solutions recalls the challenges and solutions used when a semiconductor leader required a cleanroom to be retrofit into a decommissioned building

Upcoming event

ISPE Singapore

28-30 August 2024 | Conference and exhibition | Singapore See all

You may also like

Design & Build

Surrey Satellite Technology chooses Monmouth Scientific for UK Space Command project

Monmouth Scientific provided a modular cleanroom for the satellite production company’s contract to build “Tyche”
Hi Tech Manufacturing

Surrey Satellite Technology opens new optical cleanroom

Surrey Satellite Technology has officially opened its new Research and Development Imaging Cleanroom at the company’s headquarters in Guildford
Hi Tech Manufacturing

Surrey Satellite US opens Satellite Mission Facility in Colorado

Comprises cleanroom space for satellite and subsystem manufacture
Design & Build

Eramol set to open new sterile manufacturing facility in 2026 with direct-drive VSD fans

The UK-based CDMO, in collaboration with T-Squared and other contractors, is gearing up for the 2026 opening of its GMP-compliant cleanroom suite with advanced aseptic filling technology
Design & Build

Airkey overcomes challenges, making 135-degree angled modular cleanroom

Airkey's recent delivery of two customised modular cleanrooms for a Canadian client perfectly demonstrates how it transforms seemingly impossible requirements into engineered realities
Design & Build

Tailor-made cleanroom for Weidmann Medical Technology in Mexico

State-of-the-art ISO class 8 cleanroom delivered on schedule for precision medical production in Mexico
You need to be a subscriber to read this article.
Click here to find out more.
Design & Build

How Germfree is responding to US policy shifts with cleanroom and digital facility expansion

Carol Houts, Chief Strategy Officer at Germfree talks to Sophie Bullimore about the US-based modular expert’s expansion into stick-built cleanrooms, how the company is responding to US policy shifts, and how the innovative team is making a move on the need for digital and automated facilities
Subscribe now