SSTL

On Monday, it was revealed that Mars One has selected Lockheed Martin, and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) to carry out concept studies for a Mars lander mission in 2018 as a prelude to colonization.

A signal from a Galileo satellite has been captured after reflection off the ocean surface, opening the way for a system to provide severe weather warnings to mariners, data for global climate change models and even the potential to detect tsunamis.