Demonstrators Smoothing Path Toward UK ISR Constellation

May 12, 2022
Prometheus cubesats satellites
The shoebox-size Prometheus cubesats will be the first satellites to be launched from a UK mainland spaceport, flying on Virgin Orbit’s Boeing 747 launch aircraft.
Credit: Defense Science and Technology Laboratory
A wave of upcoming satellite launches will help prepare the UK’s fledgling defense space community for the creation of a multirole intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance constellation. At least six satellite demonstration programs, many named for Shakespearian characters, will be sent aloft...

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