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1. www.bbc.co.uk › news › science-environment-57758410Prospero: Quest to retrieve 50-year-old UK space debris

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   Jul 8, 2021 · Edinburgh-based rocket company Skyrora is issuing a challenge to find a way to retrieve the Prospero satellite. The object was the first and only UK spacecraft to be launched on a British rocket...

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   Jul 8, 2021 · Prospero's mission was to study the space environment. Edinburgh-based rocket company Skyrora is issuing a challenge to find a way to retrieve the Prospero satellite. The object was the first...

4. skyrora.com › finding-prosperoFinding Prospero - Skyrora

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   Jun 18, 2021 · A three-stage rocket developed and built in the UK had successfully delivered the aptly named Prospero satellite to orbit. Prospero was launched on Black Arrow from Woomera, South Australia. Hidden within the fairing, Prospero would be the first British satellite launched from a British rocket.

5. orbitaltoday.com › 2021/07/23 › tim-peake-joinsTim Peake Joins Scottish Space Mission Event to Find and De ...

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   Jul 23, 2021 · ESA astronaut Tim Peake joins the Scottish space mission to de-orbit the Prospero satellite. The mission, initiated by Edinburgh-based company Skyrora , aims to retrieve the only British-made satellite launched with a British rocket Black Arrow in 1971.

6. www.space.com › skyrora-to-return-first-britishRocket start-up Skyrora wants to salvage an iconic UK ...

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   Jul 16, 2021 · The firm announced the ambition to retrieve the defunct Prospero at the recent Space Comm Expo exhibition in Farnborough, U.K., with the help of British astronaut Tim Peake, who joined...

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8. prosperofellowship.orgProspero – Inspiring the next generation of space leaders

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9. www.nasaspaceflight.com › 2021/10/50th-anniversaryOn the 50th anniversary of Black Arrow, British space ...

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   Oct 28, 2021 · The 66-kilogram Prospero satellite was designed as a testbed, carrying experiments to test electronic assemblies, different surface finishes, and solar cells in space.

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    Can Skyrora find the Prospero satellite?

    • Edinburgh-based rocket company Skyrora is issuing a challenge to find a way to retrieve the Prospero satellite. The object was the first and only UK spacecraft to be launched on a British rocket, from Australia in 1971. It's defunct now, obviously, but is still circling the globe on an elliptical orbit some 1,000km up.

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    Could British satellite Prospero be retrieved from low Earth orbit?

    • U.K. rocket start-up Skyrora wants to retrieve from low Earth orbit the remains of the iconic British satellite Prospero, the only British craft ever launched on a domestic rocket, and bring it to Earth to be displayed in a museum.

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    Was Prospero a false dawn for Britain's space efforts?

    • The company held a reception on Wednesday evening to discuss ideas. This took place at the inaugural UK Space-Comm Expo, which is being staged this week at the Farnborough International Exhibition & Conference Centre in Hampshire. Prospero and its launch rocket, Black Arrow, represented something of a false dawn for Britain's space efforts.

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    When will Skyrora launch Prospero?

    • Alan Thompson, head of government affairs at Skyrora, told Space.com in an interview that the company has already been in touch with several other U.K.-based space firms and expects to introduce a more detailed plan for the mission by October 28, the 50th anniversary of Prospero's launch.

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    What was the Prospero satellite used for?

    • The 66-kilogram Prospero satellite was designed as a testbed, carrying experiments to test electronic assemblies, different surface finishes, and solar cells in space. It also carried a micrometeoroid research experiment for the University of Birmingham. The satellite was named Prospero after the character in Shakespeare’s final play, The Tempest.

    On the 50th anniversary of Black Arrow, British space industry is on the …

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    What happened to Prospero?

    • The company has already recovered part of the Black Arrow vehicle that placed Prospero in orbit. This fell back to Australia in the course of the mission where it languished for decades in the Outback until the firm had it shipped home and put on display.

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