§ 76. Mr. Masonasked the Postmaster- General what is the estimated cost of the joint programme between the United Kingdom and the United States of America in the planned launching of satellites for communication purposes.
§ Mr. BevinsThe joint programme covers the testing of experimental communications satellites to be launched by the United States at their own cost. We shall provide a ground station in this country which is expected to cost £0.5 million. We shall operate this station for the duration of the tests which cannot, at this early stage, be predicted with any certainty. The total cost of the operation is, therefore, uncertain.