SED Systems
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SED Systems is a communications company supplying both systems and services to the satellite industry. Originating in 1965, SED is located in the Innovation Place Research Park
on the University of Saskatchewan
campus. As a division of CALIAN Ltd., SED employs approximately 300 employees and annually achieves sales of about 50 million dollars.
SED serves an international market that includes government defense departments, space organizations as well as commercial customers such as Boeing Satellite Systems, Inmarsat
and XM Satellite Radio
.
Spanning the past 10 years, SED Systems provided the European Space Agency (ESA) with 3 deep-space antennas located in Perth, Australia and Cebreros, Spain, and soon to be completed in Argentina. These are some of the largest antennas in the world, spanning 35 meters.
Canada played an active role in the research and development of the International Space Station (ISS) with endeavors such as the Mobile Servicing System (MSS). SED Systems was a part of the Mobile Servicing System program developed the Shuttle Remote Manipulator System (SRMS), or Canadarm 2. The Canadarm 1 was developed by a team led by Spar Aerospace
Special Products and Advance Research Division of De Havilland Canada
, in which SED Systems also played a key role.
Innovation Place Research Park
Innovation Place is the registered business name of the Saskatchewan Opportunities Corporation , a crown corporation in Saskatchewan. SOCO operates a network of three research parks: one located near the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, the second near the University of Regina...
on the University of Saskatchewan
University of Saskatchewan
The University of Saskatchewan is a Canadian public research university, founded in 1907, and located on the east side of the South Saskatchewan River in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. An "Act to establish and incorporate a University for the Province of Saskatchewan" was passed by the...
campus. As a division of CALIAN Ltd., SED employs approximately 300 employees and annually achieves sales of about 50 million dollars.
SED serves an international market that includes government defense departments, space organizations as well as commercial customers such as Boeing Satellite Systems, Inmarsat
Inmarsat
Inmarsat plc is a British satellite telecommunications company, offering global, mobile services. It provides telephony and data services to users worldwide, via portable or mobile terminals which communicate to ground stations through eleven geostationary telecommunications satellites...
and XM Satellite Radio
XM Satellite Radio
XM Satellite Radio is one of two satellite radio services in the United States and Canada, operated by Sirius XM Radio. It provides pay-for-service radio, analogous to cable television. Its service includes 73 different music channels, 39 news, sports, talk and entertainment channels, 21 regional...
.
Spanning the past 10 years, SED Systems provided the European Space Agency (ESA) with 3 deep-space antennas located in Perth, Australia and Cebreros, Spain, and soon to be completed in Argentina. These are some of the largest antennas in the world, spanning 35 meters.
Canada played an active role in the research and development of the International Space Station (ISS) with endeavors such as the Mobile Servicing System (MSS). SED Systems was a part of the Mobile Servicing System program developed the Shuttle Remote Manipulator System (SRMS), or Canadarm 2. The Canadarm 1 was developed by a team led by Spar Aerospace
Spar Aerospace
SPAR Aerospace was a Canadian aerospace company. It produced equipment for the Canadian Space Agency to be used in cooperation with NASA's Space Shuttle program, most notably the Canadarm remote manipulator system....
Special Products and Advance Research Division of De Havilland Canada
De Havilland
The de Havilland Aircraft Company was a British aviation manufacturer founded in 1920 when Airco, of which Geoffrey de Havilland had been chief designer, was sold to BSA by the owner George Holt Thomas. De Havilland then set up a company under his name in September of that year at Stag Lane...
, in which SED Systems also played a key role.
History
The University of Saskatchewan's Institute of Space and Atmospheric Studies came together with university scientists and researchers such as Dr. Alex Kavadas to form the Space Engineering Division or SED Systems. The first project was rocket instrumentation design and construction for studying the upper atmosphere.