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SCIENCE / NEWS Fri Jun 13, 2008 @ 8:20am neoform

BBC News -- An advanced satellite that will improve greatly the ability of UK military forces to communicate around the globe has been launched into space. The Skynet 5C platform rode into orbit atop an Ariane 5 rocket from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana... Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Mon Jun 2, 2008 @ 8:22am neoform

BBC News -- The launch of the third and final satellite in the UK's next-generation military space communications network has been delayed by a few days. The Skynet 5C platform was due to fly from French Guiana on Friday but technicians called a halt to the countd.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Thu Nov 15, 2007 @ 8:23am neoform

BBC News -- Britain has launched Skynet 5B - the latest spacecraft in a sophisticated new military communications system. The satellite rode into orbit atop an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe's Kourou spaceport, in French Guiana. Over the course of the next month,.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Tue Nov 13, 2007 @ 8:23am neoform

BBC News -- The launch of Britain's Skynet 5B spacecraft from Kourou in French Guiana has been postponed again. The flight of the sophisticated new military communications satellite was called off when a fault was detected in pipework feeding the launch pad. It.. Read More