LA PLATA, Maryland — The UK government confirmed it would spend up to 100 million British pounds ($127 million) in grants, to be co-financed by industry, to stimulate a technology base for low-orbit satellite constellations.
The technologies of interest are advanced payloads with on-board processing, optical satellite links for satellite-to-satellite and satellite-to-ground applications, and user terminals.
The UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer, or finance minister, Jeremy Hunt disclosed the funding March 6 in his Spring Budget . . .
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