On the move at SSTL
Thursday, June 7. 2007
It has been a busy couple of weeks at SSTL, with a number of people on the move.
Paul Brooks
An Oxford scholar, Paul joined the UK’s Defence Research Agency in 1991 (known as QinetiQ since privatisation in 2001), to work on space-based surveillance remote sensing systems, going on to lead the innovative TopSat mission and supporting the launch and operations of four communication satellites.
Joining SSTL in 2006, Paul has managed a team of project managers at SSTL working on a diverse range of missions and studies. In his new role Paul will lead his team in developing business opportunities for SSTL’s small satellites, including entry-level geostationary and affordable interplanetary missions.
Andy Bradford
Graduating from Cranfield with an MSc in Astronautics and Space Engineering, Andy was a young graduate trainee at ESA–ESTEC, before joining UK company, Space Innovations Ltd where he was a mechanical Systems Engineer.
Andy joined SSTL in 2000 as Project Manager for the Turkish BILSAT-1 microsatellite launched into the Disaster Monitoring Constellation in 2003. He went on to manage SSTL’s largest and most challenging satellite project to date, GIOVE-A, the first satellite of the Galileo navigation constellation launched in 2005
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