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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 · 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...

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3. www.bbc.co.uk › news › science-environment-14783135Plan to revive 1970s UK satellite - BBC News

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   Sep 5, 2011 · A group of scientists and engineers is working on an ambitious project to revive a unique UK satellite - still in orbit after almost 40 years. When the Prospero spacecraft was launched atop a...

4. www.dailymail.co.uk › sciencetech › article-14029437Satellite images reveal the extent of Valencia's catastrophic ...

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   1 day ago · Shocking satellite images show the extent of Valencia's catastrophic floods which have killed at least 158 people and left thousands trapped in their homes.

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

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   Mentorships, Training, and Experience for the next generation of UK space pioneers.

6. www.nasa.gov › gallery › human-in-spaceHumans in Space - NASA

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   Sep 28, 2023 · Humans in Space - NASA. What’s Up: November 2024 Skywatching Tips from NASA. ‘Blood-Soaked’ Eyes: NASA’s Webb, Hubble Examine Galaxy Pair. We Are All Made of Cells: Space and the Immune System.

7. phys.org › news › 2015-10-prosperoHunting Prospero - Phys.org

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   Oct 29, 2015 · Unlike watching for bright passes of naked eye objects in low Earth orbit such as the International Space Station, hunting for binocular satellites such as Prospero takes careful planning.

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   Is Prospero still in orbit?

   • Prospero was blasted into orbit from the remote Woomera base in the Australian desert. It turns out, the satellite is still up there. Carrying a series of experiments to investigate the effects of the space environment, the satellite operated successfully until 1973 and was contacted annually until 1996.

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   How important is Skyrora's Prospero satellite?

   • Skyrora, who will soon start sending up rockets from Scotland, regards the satellite as an important piece of UK space heritage. The company has already recovered part of the Black Arrow vehicle that placed Prospero in orbit.

   Prospero: Quest to retrieve 50-year-old UK space debris

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   When was Prospero launched?

   • When the Prospero spacecraft was launched atop a Black Arrow rocket on 28 October 1971, it marked the end of an era. A very short era. Prospero was the first UK satellite to be launched on a UK launch vehicle; it would also be the last. Ministers had cancelled the rocket project in the run up to the flight.

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   Where is the Prospero satellite?

   • Flight spare of the Prospero satellite in the Science Museum, London. The Prospero satellite, also known as the X-3, was launched by the United Kingdom in 1971.

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   What happened to Prospero?

   • But none of this is easy (apart from maybe the champagne bit). The satellite was built by Space Department at the Royal Aircraft Establishment in Farnborough but the department was broken up long ago and the codes to contact Prospero were missing. "The technical reports made in the 1970s were thought to have been lost," explained Duthie.

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   Why was Prospero built?

   • Prospero was built by the Royal Aircraft Establishment in Farnborough. Initially called Puck, it was designed to conduct experiments to test the technologies necessary for communication satellites. Two experimental solar cells setups were tested. One was a test of a lightweight cell and mounting.

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9. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Prospero_(spacecraft)Prospero (spacecraft) - Wikipedia

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   Prospero was launched at 04:09 GMT on 28 October 1971, from Launch Area 5B (LA-5B) at Woomera, South Australia, on a Black Arrow rocket, making Britain the sixth nation to place a satellite into orbit using a domestically developed carrier rocket. [10]