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

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

Space has once again puzzled scientists with an unexpected event: a defunct satellite from over 50 years ago, Skynet-1A, has ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

Launched in 1969, just a few months after humans first set foot on the Moon, Skynet-1A was put high above Africa's east coast to relay communications for British forces. When the spacecraft ceased ...