The Disaster Monitoring Constellation of small, low-orbiting satellites was formed in 2004 around small-satellite specialist Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) of Guildford, England. The governments of Algeria, Britain, China and Nigeria contributed their satellites to the constellation, and the privately funded Deimos of Spain later agreed to put its SSTL-built satellite into the mix.

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Peter B. de Selding was the Paris Bureau Chief for SpaceNews.