UK military taps up astronomers to spot snooping foreign satellites

Published on November 12, 2026

The UK is unable to match the advanced surveillance and counter-surveillance programmes run by the US, China and Russia, but it is working with civilian astronomers to develop a way of monitoring spy satellites via ground-based telescopes

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Vast data dump from Euclid space telescope reveals stunning galaxies

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