When United States Vice-President Kamala Harris was at the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California earlier this week she said the US would not conduct tests of destructive, direct ascent anti-satellite missiles. This is the first time any country has made such an explicit commitment, and the US has called for other nations to do the same.
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The first in a network of new satellites will be designed and built in a new three-year, GBP22 million contract with Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL).