UK Launches Milspace Push, Omits Homegrown GPS

Credit: GPS IIF/Boeing
LONDON—The UK Ministry of Defense (MoD) announced a plan on July 18 to launch a small satellite constellation into low Earth orbit within a year and assign a Royal Air Force test pilot to the Virgin Orbit satellite launcher program. Both moves, announced at the Air and Space Power Conference by...

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