UK Wants Homegrown Remote Sensing Satellite
By Andy Nativi andy.nativi@rid.it, Michael A. Taverna mike_taverna@aviationweek.com
FARNBOROUGH,
The new U.K. minister in charge of space, David Willets, says he will study the feasibility of providing Britain with an independent remote sensing capability.
The remote sensing system would likely be patterned after EADS’ Paradigm’s Skynet 5 satellite telecom system, which provides secure communications to British armed forces on a private funding basis, with the defense ministry as anchor ...
