§ 55. Mr. David Priceasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give a progress report on the development of the British Satellite U.K.III and details of its precise mission.
§ Mr. Goronwy RobertsDevelopment is proceeding satisfactorily and the satellite should be complete early in 1967.
Its mission is to put into orbit scientific equipment, designed by Britsh university and Government Scientists, to examine certain features of the ionosphere, the upper atmosphere, and radio emissions from natural sources in the lower atmosphere and in space.