Summer of awards for SSTL
SSTL are pleased to announce that the Royal Institute of Navigation has awarded them the Institute's Certificate of Achievement as a result of the construction and successful launch of the first Galileo validation satellite, GlOVE-A. The Certificate will be submitted to the Institute's Patron, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, for signature and the certificate will be presented at the AGM to be held on 13 October by the Institute's President.
Congraulations to all those directly involved in GIOVE-A at SSTL and the Surrey Space Centre (SSC).
Just last month, SSTL were one of 50 finalists in the Computerworld 2006 Awards, having been nominated by Cisco in the Environment, Energy and Agriculture section as detailed in Lloyd Wood's personal pages at The University Of Surrey.
The award was given for SSTL's work on the Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC) which is used to plan land use, monitor the environment and monitor natural disasters.
Since 1988, The Computerworld Honors Program brings together the principals of the world's foremost information technology companies to recognize and document the achievements of the men, women, organizations and institutions around the world, whose visionary applications of information technology promote positive social, economic and educational change.
