A dead British satellite launched in 1969 is now posing a threat to modern spaceflight. Skynet-1A drifted over 22,300 miles ...

The new modems, part of the Future Protected Modem Type A project, will replace the existing Paradigm modem system. They will support both the Skynet 5 satellites and the upcoming Skynet 6A satellite.

Skynet-1A launched in 1969 to a geostationary orbit over Eastern Africa, and was used by the British military for communications. At the end of its lifetime, the satellite was supposed to drift ...

The British military's Skynet 5A satellite has been launched into space from Kourou in French Guiana. The spacecraft is part of a £3.6bn system that will deliver secure, high-bandwidth communications ...

Skynet satellite successfully launched LONDON, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- The British Ministry of Defense announced the successful launch Wednesday of its Skynet 5b communication satellite.

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The fourth Astrium built Skynet 5 satellite is on target and ready for launch on 19 December from Kourou, French Guiana on an Ariane 5 launcher. Astrium, Europe’s leading space company, is prime ...

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 UK has just sent up a new communications satellite that's completed their Skynet, the highly-advanced network that's going to give them the ability to ...

Graham Davison, who operated Skynet- 1A from RAF Oakhanger in the early 1970s and is now in his 80’s, stated that while the Americans originally controlled the satellite in orbit, it was ...

Skynet-1A drifted over 22,300 miles from a graveyard position into an area with active satellite traffic. Gravity didn’t pull the satellite, a ground controller moved it.