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  1. News in Flashes

    Date released
    5 Jan 1956
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    2593
    NoS ID
    046293
    Story no
    4 / 11

    Full scale model of satellites which will soon circle earth.

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  2. Moon Next Stop! Space Travel Looms Nearer

    Date released
    8 Aug 1955
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    2550
    NoS ID
    045972
    Story no
    1 / 7

    American plans to launch satellites in space stir imagination of millions.

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  3. World’s Scientists Confer

    Date released
    8 Aug 1955
    Series name
    Universal News
    Issue no
    2615
    NoS ID
    154922
    Story no
    1 / 7
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet

    Britain’s first atom power plant America to launch satellites.

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  4. AC Satellites

    Date released
    1969
    Series name
    Calendar
    Issue no
    282
    NoS ID
    324226

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  5. What’s Britain Doing In Space?

    Date released
    1969
    Series name
    London Line (Colour series 2)
    Issue no
    73
    NoS ID
    350371
    Story no
    3 / 4

    COI synopsis: The answer is - staying on the ground for the most part, because Britain plays a big part in putting up the ground stations for communication satellites, and in being involved in all forms of...

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  6. Cosmic Ray Balloon

    Date released
    Sep 1965
    Series name
    Carrousel Britanico
    Issue no
    14
    NoS ID
    324651
    Story no
    1 / 5

    COI synopsis: Floating above the English countryside is a huge balloon. It was sent up by British scientists to help them with the exploration of the atmosphere. Attached to it is a geiger counter which...

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  7. Radio Astronomy

    Date released
    Sep 1965
    Series name
    Carrousel Britanico
    Issue no
    14
    NoS ID
    324652
    Story no
    2 / 5

    COI synopsis: The giant radio telescopes at Jodrell Bank in north west England have contributed to both American and Russian space projects by helping to track the course of rockets and satellites. A new...

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  8. A Simple Solution: Wobble Stopper

    Date released
    1977
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    209
    NoS ID
    325894
    Story no
    3 / 4

    COI synopsis: Years of painstaking precision engineering go into the manufacture of a single satellite, fitting it out for its years of work in space. But the long thin shape of most satellites contains a...

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  9. Satellite Tracking

    Date released
    1979
    Series name
    This Week In Britain
    Issue no
    1084
    NoS ID
    329325
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: Kettering Boys’ School has been tracking satellites for the past twenty years and has a few world scoops to its credit. Now the School is recognised as an official tracking station. The...

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  10. Science And Survival: Kit Pedler

    Date released
    1974
    Series name
    This Week In Britain
    Issue no
    802
    NoS ID
    329043
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: From satellites to the electronic toothbrush, our everyday lives are dominated by some miracle of science and technology. But there are many people who fear that technology may be getting out...

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