Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd - a Surrey Success Story

Описание: Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) is a Surrey Success Story which is literally out of this world.

From starting out in the late 1970s as an experiment in a small university lab with circuit boards designed by hand, the company has really took off.

And now, more than 40 years on, SSTL has 400 employees at its base in Guildford, launching more than 70 satellites into space for 22 countries.

But, more importantly, it has paved a new way in space exploration - demonstrating how relatively small and inexpensive "micro" satellites could be built rapidly to perform successful and sophisticated missions.

Its story is a showcase of British ingenuity, ambition and engineering expertise - and central to it all has been its home region of Surrey.

As Andrew Greenhalgh, Head of Marketing, explains: "What Sir Martin started all those years ago is, is make Surrey an internationally known hotbed for small satellite manufacturing."

Since being formed more than 40 years ago, it is estimated that more than 2,500 jobs have been created by SSTL.

In the same period, its turnover has been £1.5 billion, of which £1 billion has been exports.

About 400 people are currently employed with the business. And many more benefit from the indirect supply chain it creates with SMEs within the region.

Future plans include working on the Lunar Pathfinder project which will be the UK's first full satellite to go and orbit the moon.

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