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Focal plane

Jonathan Amos

BBC Science Correspondent

The camera detector for the Vera Rubin Observatory takes its first test images in the laboratory.

SpaceX rocket launch, file pic, May 2020

The German government considers creating an offshore launchpad for satellites.

Space Hub Sutherland

The Sutherland Space Hub is the first satellite launch site proposed for Scotland to clear the planning process.

Artwork satellite

MPs will probe a £400m investment in the satellite firm after a top civil servant warned of financial risk.

Artwork: Skynet-6A

Jonathan Amos

BBC Science Correspondent

UK forces will get a new satellite as the MoD looks to overhaul its space communications provision.

Artwork satellite

Jonathan Amos

BBC Science Correspondent

A New York court hearing accepts the plan to pull the OneWeb satellite company out of bankruptcy.

Lift off

Jonathan Amos

BBC Science Correspondent

An Electron rocket launched from New Zealand’s North Island fails in flight, destroying its satellites.

Artwork: OneWeb

The UK helps rescue company from bankruptcy as part of a plan to replace the EU’s Galileo sat-nav system.

OneWeb satellite

Ministers fear over-reliance on US-based GPS in the event of an attack or technical failure.

Starlink satellite chain

Millions of stargazers have been witnessing the unusual constellations made up of the low orbit satellites.

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