Istari UK satellite constellation

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UK is investing in satellites under the overarching plan Istari.
Comprising:-
Tyche EO (150kg) launched 2024
Oberon SAR aiming for 2027 (2 satellites)
Azalea RF monitoring and geolocation 2025 (3 satellites)
Juno advanced earth observation.
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Unknown if this is to tie into Skynet?
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Arguably we should expand this plan to now include our own IR missile launch warning satellites.

 

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UK is investing in satellites under the overarching plan Istari.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-cutting-edge-space-defence-backed-by-14-billion
https://europeanspaceflight.com/uk-space-command-launches-22-million-spy-satellite/
Looking across several webpages, it appears Tyche, Oberon and Juno also fall within a demonstrator programme, Minerva, along with Titania, which is an optical comms demonstrator aimed at demonstrating direct to earth optical comms from LEO.

https://www.qinetiq.com/en/news/optical-ground-station-contract
This youtube video shows the Titania constellation and Skynet communicating.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qk3mEDNqAg