Skynet-1A: Military Spacecraft Launched 55 Years Ago Has Been Moved By Persons Unknown

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Skynet-1A: Military Spacecraft Launched 55 Years Ago Has Been Moved By Persons Unknown

By IFLScience

A military spacecraft launched 55 years ago was moved from its orbit – and nobody is quite sure who did it, or why. In 1969 the UK launched Skynet-1A, a military communications satellite placed in orbit above the east coast of Africa in order to rela ...Read more