Four shoebox-sized satellites have successfully been launched into space, to help monitor shipping movements from low-Earth orbit. They were successfully transported into space on a Soyuz launcher from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia at 12.25pm UK time, the UK Space Agency confirmed to MailOnline. The other two will be used to forge inter-satellite links, the UK Space Agency told MailOnline. 'These four Spire satellites are aimed at making trade hyper-accurate, with technology that makes business more cost effective and efficient,' said Turnock. The services have been developed under a European Space Agency (ESA) Pioneer programme, which is a partnership project co-funded by the UK Space Agency.

Source: Daily Mail September 28, 2020 08:01 UTC