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Its current position above Central America would certainly have been useful to the US in the mid 1970s when it apparently moved, perhaps more useful than it wou
by rhplus 2y ago
Its current position above Central America would certainly have been useful to the US in the mid 1970s when it apparently moved, perhaps more useful than it would have been to the UK over post-colonial East Africa.
- fy20 2y agoRight, and given the US-UK military relationship, it seems likely that it could have been moved with the UK having full knowledge - but they just didn't want to record or admit it.
- Keysh 2y agoThe article says that it was no longer functional (in its communications abilities, at least) by that point > Launched in 1969 ... the spacecraft ceased working a few years later ... Also, what makes you think the US didn't already have their own satellites for that purpose?