Space missions

We are home to world class space research, take a look at our missions.

Flight missions

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RemoveDEBRIS

RemoveDEBRIS is aimed at performing key active debris removal technology demonstrations.

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InflateSail - 23 June 2017

An inflatable drag sail, was one of three large space deployable technologies developed as part of the DEPLOYTECH project.

AL-SAT

AlSat-1N - 26 September 2016

This mission was a joint endeavour by the UK and Algeria to build and operate a 3U CubeSat.

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DeOrbitSail - 10 July 2015

This project was to build a 3U CubeSat sized satellite with a deployable sail that demonstrated rapid deorbiting.

Past missions

These missions were collaborations with Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.

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AlSat-1

The first satellite launched as part of a collaboration of several countries to contribute satellites to the Disaster Monitoring Constellation.

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Beijing-1 (DMC)

The China DMC+4 satellite, known officially as Beijing-1, was launched as part of the 1st generation of satellites in the Disaster Monitoring Constellation.

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Snap and Tsinghua rendezvous

We developed a nanosatellite through a series of student research projects.

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UOSat 2 and 12

We synchronised two of our satellites with a pre-existing formation during a mission.

Mission studies

Picture of planet Earth

AAReST

A fully functional, self-building space telescope that is used to discover more about the weather conditions, atmosphere and sights within space.

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CubeSail

An educational satellite project featuring the deployment of a 25 square metre sail structure to demonstrate the propulsive effect of solar radiation pressure.