UK Plans Telescope On Cyprus For Improved Space Domain Awareness

RAF Troodos

The UK's telescope is to be sited in an elevated position on Cyprus, suggesting it may be co-located at RAF Troodos, a radar station that sits atop Mount Olympus.

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LONDON—The UK is to install a telescope on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus to improve its space domain awareness capabilities. The UK Defense Ministry has contracted London-based space company Spaceflux to build the telescope for UK Space Command. The company, which was established in 2022, not...
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Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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