MSSL: Making contact with the only British launched satellite
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Oct 30, 2011, 12:33:11 PM10/30/11
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Today is the 40th anniversary of Britain as a spacefaring nation. On
the 28th of October 1971, the UK launched Prospero - a science and
technology demonstration satellite - on top of a Black Arrow rocket
from Woomera, Australia. This made the UK the 6th nation to
demonstrate a working orbital launch capability. However, this launch
was to be first and last demonstration of Britain's capability.
To commemorate the anniversary, a team at UCL Mullard Space Science
Laboratory are attempting to re-establish contact with Prospero, the
only satellite ever to be launched by a British rocket. This comes 15
years after the decommissioning of the Prospero groundstation at
Lasham, Hampshire. The MSSL team have re-engineered the ground segment
from original documents and satellite know how.
To read the rest of the article: http://bit.ly/vo9MBr
the 28th of October 1971, the UK launched Prospero - a science and
technology demonstration satellite - on top of a Black Arrow rocket
from Woomera, Australia. This made the UK the 6th nation to
demonstrate a working orbital launch capability. However, this launch
was to be first and last demonstration of Britain's capability.
To commemorate the anniversary, a team at UCL Mullard Space Science
Laboratory are attempting to re-establish contact with Prospero, the
only satellite ever to be launched by a British rocket. This comes 15
years after the decommissioning of the Prospero groundstation at
Lasham, Hampshire. The MSSL team have re-engineered the ground segment
from original documents and satellite know how.
To read the rest of the article: http://bit.ly/vo9MBr
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