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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

A military spacecraft launched 55 years ago was moved from its orbit – and nobody is quite sure who did it, or why. In 1969 ...

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 ...

The UK’s Skynet-1A satellite has mysteriously changed its orbit, raising concerns about its control and safety.

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The plot concerns a super-intelligent AI system called Skynet which has taken over the world by initiating nuclear war. Amid the resulting devastation, human survivors stage ...