§ Mr. Menzies CampbellTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list the satellites(a) wholly and (b) partly owned by Her Majesty's Government since 1967, indicating their operator. [13251]
§ Mr. Ian TaylorI refer the hon. and learned Member to the answer I gave on behalf of my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs today. In addition, the satellites wholly owned and operated by Her Majesty's Government since 1967 are as follows:
Name Operator SKYNET 1A MOD SKYNET 1B MOD SKYNET 2A MOD SKYNET 2B MOD ARIEL 3 SERC ARIEL 4 SERC ARIEL 5 SERC ARIEL 6 SERC X-3 (PROSPERO) RAe Farnborough X-4 (MIRANDA) RAe Farnborough AMPTE-UKS SERC IRAS1 SERC1 MOD—Ministry of Defence. SERC—Science and Engineering Research Council. SERC is no longer in existence, its space research responsibilities having passed to the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council and the Natural Environment Research Council. RAe Farnborough—Royal Aerospace Establishment, Farnborough is now part of the Defence Evaluation Research Agency. 1 Operated but not owned by SERC. ARIEL 1 and ARIEL 2 were launched in 1962 and 1964 respectively, their missions coming to an end in 1976 and 1967 respectively. There are no satellites partly owned by Her Majesty's Government.