When people think of spaceflight’s Apollo era, it’s either a bygone period of relentless exploration or it was completely ...

A satellite that’s been dead for 50 years ended up thousands of miles away from where it should be. Instead of spending the ...

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 ...

Skynet-1A, launched in 1969, was expected to drift harmlessly but has defied expectations, raising space concerns.

Someone moved the UK's oldest satellite and there appears to be no record of exactly who, when or why. Launched in 1969, just ...

Scientists are baffled after the UK's oldest satellite, Skynet-1A, which dates back to 1969, moved to an entirely different ...

Not to be mistaken for Hollywood's Skynet, the British Skynet- 1A helped facilitate secure voice, telegraph and fax links to ...

A military spacecraft launched 55 years ago was moved from its orbit – and nobody is quite sure who did it, or why. In 1969 ...

A's new position, as celestial mechanics indicate that the probability it arrived there due to accidental drift is negligible.

Britain's first satellite is out of its place. Launched in 1969, Skynet-1A was supposed to drift over the Indian Ocean. It is ...