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Washing machine-sized Tyche, which cost £22m, will capture battlefield images from orbit and represents ‘a fabulous day for UK space’
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Washing machine-sized Tyche, which cost £22m, will capture battlefield images from orbit and represents ‘a fabulous day for UK space’
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