SSTL and Dutch Space Level Geostationary Market with "piggy back" Platform
- Details
- Created on March 16, 2010
Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) and Dutch Space BV have joined forces to develop and exploit an innovative small geostationary platform that is specifically designed to utilise excess launch vehicle capacity, creating opportunities for lower cost geostationary missions.
Under a teaming agreement announced today, SSTL will market the Dutch Space CX2 satellite platform under the name GMP-CX as part of its geostationary mission product range.
Measuring just 1.25m high and with a diameter of 2.6m when stowed, the GMP-CX is capable of carrying payloads of up to 250kg with up to 2.5kW power consumption, but its innovative form factor means that it can utilise launch vehicle fairing space which is normally unexploited. The new platform also uses SSTL's Geostationary Mini-satellite Platform (GMP) avionics.
Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) and Dutch Space BV have joined forces to develop and exploit an innovative small geostationary platform that is specifically designed to utilise excess launch vehicle capacity, creating opportunities for lower cost geostationary missions. Under a teaming agreement announced today, SSTL will market the Dutch Space CX2 satellite platform under the name GMP-CX as part of its geostationary mission product range. Measuring just 1.25m high and with a diameter of 2.6m when stowed, the GMP-CX is capable of carrying payloads of up to 250kg with up to 2.5kW power consumption, but its innovative form factor means that it can utilise launch vehicle fairing space which is normally unexploited. The new platform also uses SSTL's Geostationary Mini-satellite Platform (GMP) avionics. Read More
Perspectives
What do sensors add to a decision support system?
on
May 22, 2012
An often-quoted Business Week article from 1999 stated that, “In the next century, planet Earth will don an electric skin…”...
Hits:360
Read More...
Is it time for focused publications that aim to make sense of change at both the global and local scales?
on
May 15, 2012
Change is a constant that is inevitable, but what isn't inevitable are disruptive impacts. The more we know about our...
Hits:323
Read More...
GeoEye Proposes to Purchase DigitalGlobe
on
May 04, 2012
The mergers and acquisitions within the geospatial technology space are white hot right now, with news Friday that GeoEye approached...
Hits:471
Read More...
Why did Trimble buy SketchUp, and why did Google sell?
on
April 29, 2012
It’s funny, my first reaction to the Trimble buys SketchUp news was that it was some kind of spoof, and...
Hits:2266
Read More...
If Enhanced View cuts come, why not remove resolution restrictions?
on
April 22, 2012
A feature in the New York Times outlines the battle that is brewing in Congress to defend the use of...
Hits:515
Read More...
Latest Events
| Mon May 28 Brazil - MundoGEO#Connect 2012 |
| Tue May 29 UK - European Earth Surface Process Group |
| Tue May 29 US - UCGIS 2012 Spring Symposium - GIScience 2.0 |
| Sat Jun 02 Germany - Resilient Cities 2012 |
| Mon Jun 04 @02:00 - 11:00AM US - Hexagon 2012 |
| Mon Jun 04 @08:00 - 05:00PM Denmark - GMES in Action Conference |
| Tue Jun 05 South Africa - Smart Cities Conference |
| Tue Jun 05 @02:00 - 11:00AM US - Eyeo Festival |
| Tue Jun 05 @08:00 - 05:00PM Denmark - GMES in Action Conference |
| Sun Jun 10 Taiwan - The International Summer School on Mobile Mapping Technologies 2012 |
Current Readers
SenSysMag Vector1 Media
Pubishers of Sensors & Systems, Informed Infrastructure, and Asian Surveying & Mapping.