About Goonhilly

Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd (GES) is an independent, privately-owned SME providing resilient large-scale satellite communications networks and infrastructure, expert 24/7 consultancy and support, and a range of services including uplink and broadcast, gateway operations, TT&C, carrier monitoring, and a complete range of satellite communications services from earth orbit through to deep space.

 

We have established the world’s first privately owned deep space communications network, providing services beyond geostationary orbit through our 24/7 operational control centre, and currently support numerous deep space missions, as well as the ability to offer additional capacity to existing NASA and ESA networks, using our largest, 32m Antenna.

 

Additionally, we have a 30m antenna with a supercooled feed assembly to support DSN and other applications including space situational awareness.

 

Our ambitious growth is underpinned by a successful commercial track record and a £24m investment from UK businessman Peter Hargreaves.


We have state of the art network and mission operation centre facilities at Goonhilly and are working on replicating these around the world, in collaboration with partners. The result will be the world’s first private global deep space communications network, supplementing the capacity offered by NASA and ESA. 


As a designated Enterprise Zone - the UK government’s flagship programme for technology parks – we offer a vibrant and affordable place to do business, including our recently upgraded conference facilities for hire.


Aerial View of Goonhilly

We have over 60 years of rich heritage

From the early days of space communications, through to deep space exploration, Goonhilly has had a front row seat

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Vision & Mission

Vision

To use the assets at Goonhilly as the base on which to build a globally significant business in inter-related vertical markets in the areas of space communication, advanced manufacturing and high-performance and quantum computing.

Mission

To bring together different technologies and technical disciplines to address new and existing markets with better, more cost-effective solutions informed by our deep understanding of space and communication systems engineering. To be a successful company whilst helping to address some of the key global issues caused by population growth.

Core Values

Humility, trustworthiness, reliability, partnership, determination to succeed, ambition.

Strategy

We have a 10-year plan (to 2030) to build a scaleable business around deep space communications, applications of Space AI and ML to address UN sustainable development goals, advanced manufacturing of specialist electronic equipment especially in relation to cryogenic systems, software defined radio, advanced array antennas and quantum computing. We will seek to accelerate these plans through building on the strategic partnerships we have forged during the past 10 years and finding new partnerships where appropriate.

However, we recognise that revenue today provides the fuel for our future growth, so we are focused clearly on providing the best possible service to our customers. We achieve this by ensuring we develop close operational-level relationships to ensure our technical solutions have the highest possible reliability. We always seek to add value so both we and our customers can grow together.

From the outset, we have worked directly with academics at leading HE institutions. This has enabled us to address markets that are beyond the reach of many of our competitors.

Education and outreach provide much more than an altruistic core to our business. We devote serious amounts of professional engineering staff time to our outreach activities. We engage with thousands of school children, and for the ones who attend our in-depth summer-school work-experience programs, they experience life-changing exposure to our industry which we know sets them on positive career paths. This work also enables us to provide expertise in an international ‘human capital development’ setting and we are able to advise and participate in international government-level initiatives addressing STE(A)M from school children through to post-doctoral research and professional CPD.

We are building our consultancy division so that we can provide our expertise into the sector, but also so that we have the in-house skills base to develop our own products and solutions. This is a key part of our strategy to transition into a highly scalable business which uses a combination of our knowledge expertise and skills alongside our physical company assets.

A company is nothing without good people. We therefore place our highest emphasis on attracting talented individuals who share our vision and are prepared to devote their time and skills in propelling Goonhilly forwards.  

Goals: We have defined short, medium and long-term goals which are aimed at helping us to continue to grow our business revenue whilst simultaneously putting in place the building blocks for our future development and expansion. 

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