Surrey Satellite US opens Satellite Mission Facility in Colorado
Comprises cleanroom space for satellite and subsystem manufacture
Surrey Satellite Technology US (SST-US) has moved into a purpose-built headquarters and satellite manufacturing facility in Englewood, Colorado. The new headquarters comprises cleanroom space for satellite and subsystem manufacture, customer payload integration, and electronics assembly activities.
The SST-US facility also includes an electronics laboratory, mission operations centre, and office space to accommodate the growing team and its design, analysis, test, and management systems. Once in orbit, satellites built and launched by SST-US will be commissioned and operated from the company’s mission operations centre.
“We established SST-US in Colorado more than five years ago, attracted by Colorado’s growing prominence as a hub for the nation’s space industry and the resident critical mass of satellite companies, related technology firms, and experienced personnel,” said Chief Executive of Dr John Paffett, SST-US.
“We are expecting significant growth and to triple our professional staff in the Denver area by the end of this year,” he said.
“Interest in ‘small sat’ technology is intensifying in the US as commercial, government, and military organisations face the prospect of continuing critical space missions with frozen or reduced budgets.
“Smaller satellites that can be built right here in Colorado at a fraction of the cost of larger, heavier space craft are the solution for many of these missions.”
SST-US is a wholly owned subsidiary of Surrey Satellite Technology Limited in the UK.
