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

Space has once again puzzled scientists with an unexpected event: a defunct satellite from over 50 years ago, Skynet-1A, has ...

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

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

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

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

Someone moved the UK's oldest satellite and there appears to be no record of exactly who, when or why. Launched in 1969, just a few months after humans first set foot on the Moon, Skynet-1A was put ...

Launched in 1969, it was once a vital part of Britain's telecommunications network. But its story is shrouded in mystery.

Unexplained Movement of UK’s Oldest Satellite Stuns Scientists, but Are Thankful as It Did ‘Few Favors’ Scientists were ...

Britain's first satellite is out of its place. Launched in 1969, Skynet-1A was supposed to drift over the Indian Ocean. It is ...

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

But today, curiously, Skynet-1A is actually half a planet away, in a position 22,369 miles (36,000km) above the Americas. Orbital mechanics mean it's unlikely the half-tonne military spacecraft ...