A decades-old UK military satellite has shifted thousands of miles from its orbit - from above Africa to over the Americas.

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Launched in 1969 and long since defunct, the spacecraft has turned up on the opposite side of the world from where it should be ...

"We are now, with our allies, conducting advanced orbital operations to protect and defend our shared national and military interests in space." ...

The United Kingdom's oldest satellite mysteriously relocated itself, and no one knows why, or who moved it. Because of the satellite’s present condition, some also consider it to be a “ticking time ...

A curious case of the UK’s oldest satellite, named Skynet-1A, has come into the spotlight. Launched in 1969, it was once a vital part of Britain’s telecommunications network. But its story is shrouded ...

Britain's first military communications satellite, Skynet-1A, has been mysteriously moved decades after it was decommissioned, leaving experts scratching their heads over who or when. Launched from ...

A graphic released by the Royal Air Force describing the rendezvous proximity operation that took place between a US satellite and the UK's Skynet 5A spacecraft in September 2025.

EADS Astrium Ltd. has chosen Arianespace to launch the UK Ministry of Defence’s third Skynet 5 military communications satellite, Skynet 5C. Evry, January 4, 2006 – Jean-Yves Le Gall, CEO of ...

LONDON—The UK’s military space efforts are not matching the change in the threat and more may need to happen, Royal Air Force Chief of Staff Air Chief Marshal Rich Knighton says. “Progress has not ...