A dead British satellite launched in 1969 is now posing a threat to modern spaceflight. Skynet-1A drifted over 22,300 miles from a graveyard position into an area with active satellite traffic.

The SKYNET 6 programme, which is working closely with industry to exploit technological advancements to deliver the next ...

Someone moved the UK's oldest satellite and there appears to be no record of exactly who, when or why. Launched in 1969, just a few months after humans first set foot on the Moon, Skynet-1A was ...

The SKYNET 6 programme is working closely with industry to exploit technological advancements to deliver the next generation ...

SKYNET 6A, part of a next-gen military satellite communication system, has successfully completed its initial phase of ...

A potential £6bn contract for the next generation of Skynet satellite, called 6A, can be competed between Airbus and Lockheed Martin. The deal is for three more Skynet geostationary satellites.

Black Arrow rocket on display at the Science Museum, London. (Image credit: author) Britain’s first military satellite, Skynet 1A, was launched in 1969 on board a U.S. Delta M rocket.

Satellite communications is another area where ... Frequency [AEHF] evolved strategic satellite communications systems, Skynet and Wideband Global SATCOM [WGS] systems, to name a few.

Performance in the Marine division was fuelled by increased volumes in the company’s liquified gas business and the acceleration of Skynet, the UK’s military satellite programme. "Today’s announcement ...