Image: BAE Systems By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 29 April 2026 BAE to demonstrate inter-satellite Link-182 radios for Golden Dome missile defense architecture WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force awarded BAE Systems an $11.8 million contract to demonstrate satellite-to-satellite communications using Link-182, a radio-frequency data link standard adopted
Tyche, the first of MoD's new Minerva satellites was launched into orbit on a SpaceX Falcon rocket from the US in August 2024. Artist impression. Credit SSTL By Abdullah Farooq and John McEvoy, Published by Declassified UK, 29 April 2026 Exclusive: Ministry of Defence satellite data analysed by Declassified indicates
By Daniel Davies, Published by The BBC, 15 April 2026 The UK government should stop working with the US on a deep space radar station because Donald Trump has shown "contempt for our country", Welsh Labour leader Eluned Morgan has said. The first minister threatened to cause a row within
Image from: Declassified UK By Harry Davies and Rob Evans with graphics by Ana Lucia Gonzalez Paz and Andrew Witherspoon, Published by The Guardian, 12 April 2026 War with Iran has brought 15 American sites across the UK countryside firmly into the spotlight They are dotted across the UK countryside,
Credit: SaxaVord By Greg Cameron, Published by The Times, 8 April 2026Shetland’s SaxaVord, which is mostly owned by the Danish billionaire Anders Holch Povlsen, hopes to be the first UK space port to get a rocket into orbit The Shetland space port owned by Scotland’s richest man has reported a
By Chris Young, Published by Interesting Engineering, 25 March 2026 SatVu’s upcoming satellite could reveal hidden activity at nuclear sites and other sensitive locations, raising both intelligence value and privacy concerns. A British-made satellite capable of looking through walls and detecting detailed heat signatures will fly to space this week.
The AN/FPS-132 Upgraded Early Warning Radar (UEWR) at Fylingdales in the UK can scan a range of 3,000 miles (4,828 km) into space - Photograph: John Giles/PA By Aaron Brynildson, Published by The Conversation, 21 March 2026 The global price of oil continues to skyrocket as Iran’s missiles and drones
HyImpulse plans to use paraffin wax as fuel: Hyimpulse Technologies GMBH By Ross Cowper-Fraser and Cameron Angus-Mackey, Published by The BBC, 20 March 2026 A second company has signed an agreement to launch a rocket from SaxaVord Spaceport in Shetland this year. HyImpulse Technologies GmbH (HyImpulse) said it would be
