The first of 22 OHB-SSTL spacecraft should launch next year, again on a Soyuz from French Guiana.
The successful link-up means all future SSTL satellites will have their own URL's.
Matt Perkins, of Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) where Mr al-Hilli worked, issued a statement following official confirmation of his death.
It's possible that TechDemoSat-2, if and when this platform is approved by government, could become a demonstrator dedicated to the new SSTL Sar system.
SSTL, which is a world leader in the production of small commercial spacecraft, hopes some of the Strand lessons can filter through to its more traditional products.
Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL), based in Guildford, England, is teaming up with Nasa to show that standard internet protocols can be used to communicate with spacecraft.
The British satellite manufacturer SSTL has had a good deal of success down the years by incorporating components into its spacecraft that would ordinarily be used in laptops.
Now, Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) is looking to launch a satellite into orbit and use a 'droid -- much smaller than the Astromech variety -- to control said satellite.
ENGADGET: SSTL using Android handsets to control satellites, conquer the final frontier
Well, the engineers at SSTL and the University of Surrey think the technology in Kinect could form the basis of a novel in-orbit proximity sensor and docking system.
Weighing 4.3 kg (9.5lbs) and measuring 10cm by 30cm (4in by 12in), the satellite has been developed by the University of Surrey's Space Centre (SSC) and Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL).
BBC: Smartphone fired into space to see if screams can be heard
Although a number of other groups in the UK have pursued a satellite launcher capability, the pedigree of SSTL and Virgin Galactic is likely to make potential investors sit up and take notice.
And a number of different estimates could be produced depending what software is used to model the satellite's decay, explained Dr Eves, who is lead mission concept engineer at Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL).
"I am deeply shocked and saddened to confirm that one of SSTL's long-term contractors, Saad Al-Hilli, has been formally identified as one of the victims of the shootings which occurred in the French Alps, " he said.
SSTL, who is helping build Galileo (and is acutely aware of its cost, no doubt), views smartphones as a way to democratize access to space because they are far less expensive than purpose-built control systems.
ENGADGET: SSTL using Android handsets to control satellites, conquer the final frontier
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