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Whitewashing Britain’s largest intelligence agency
Satellite dishes at GCHQ Bude in Cornwall (Photo: Nilfanion / Wikimedia) By Richard Norton Taylor, Published by Declassified UK, 10 February 2021 The new ‘authorised history’ of GCHQ, Britain’s largest […]
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British military’s space campaign picks up steam with ‘Skynet’ upgrade
The British military wants to replace its existing ground station for the Skynet program, pictured here, with new equipment. (Photo by Paul Bennett) By Andrw Chuter, Published by DefenseNews, 8 […]
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Lockheed Martin selects ABL rocket for Shetland launches
ABL has been testing ahead of a first launch in the US in the next few months By Jonathan Amos, Science correspondent, BBC News, 8 February 2021 See what an […]
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Lockheed Martin selects ABL Space Systems for UK launch
The UK Pathfinder launch by Lockheed Martin from the Shetland Space Center in 2022 will use an RS1 rocket from ABL Space Systems. Credit: Lockheed Martin By Jeff Foust, Published […]
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Another gate breach at RAF Mildenhall prompts increased security measures
Fifteen “green” barriers have been installed around RAF Mildenhall, England. (Karen Abeyasekere/Air Force) By Howard Altman, Air Force Times – 7 February, 2021 Security measures were increased at RAF Mildenhall […]
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UK nuclear spacecraft could halve time of journey to Mars
By Jillian Ambrose, Published in the Guardian – 12 January 2021 Rolls-Royce and UK Space Agency hope to ‘revolutionise space travel’ with deal to build nuclear propulsion engines British spacecraft […]
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Climate change campaigners use ‘pyro rocket’ to protest against Spaceport Cornwall
Protesters outside the event (Image: Greg Martin / Cornwall Live) By Mike Smallcombe, Published by Cornwall Live, 22 January 2020 CORNWALL SPACEPORT PROTEST A small group of climate change campaigners […]
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Police called to County Hall after ‘chaos’ at Spaceport Cornwall meeting
Extinction Rebellion protesters outside County Hall for Spaceport meeting (Image: Simon Heester) By Gayle McDonald, Published by Cornwall Live, 26 November 2019 Protesters threw paper airplanes into the council chamber […]