Blog:   Engineering Britain Space Blog     Posted:   Wednesday 28th of May 2008 2:46 PM

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL), the world’s leading small satellite manufacturer, has secured a contract worth €1.6 million from Astrium GmbH, Germany to proceed with work on a new contract to develop and supply the Multi-Spectral Imager (MSI) for the European Space Agency’s (ESA) EarthCARE Mission.

Earth Explorer Missions are part of the Earth Observation Envelope Programme (EOEP). They are missions led by the European Space Agency to address primary research objectives. The...