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General · 11 hours ago

Titania, Britain's new spy satellite, is now orbiting Earth to watch military activity

Titania, Britain's new spy satellite, is now orbiting Earth to watch military activity

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Titania weighs 100kg, about the same as a washing machine, and went up on a reusable SpaceX rocket from California in October. It's the second satellite in a British military set, after Tyche two years ago, run by Space Command. Juno and Oberon will follow, and the Ministry of Defence is also testing new ground sensors at three sites worldwide to watch space.

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