概况英国是世界上少数几个掌握航天科技的国家之一。１９５７年英国成功发射了它的首枚“云雀”式亚轨道火箭；１９７１年英国在其南部的怀特岛上发射成功了英国第一颗人造地球卫星Prospero；１９７４年英国发射了第一枚地球同步轨道军用卫星Skynet－２B，这是在美国和苏联之外 Overview The United Kingdom is one of the few countries in the world that has mastered aerospace technology. In 1957, the British successfully launched its first “Larkfinch” suborbital rocket. In 1971, the British launched the first artificial earth satellite Prospero in the south of the Isle of Wight. In 1974, the United Kingdom launched its first geosynchronous satellite. Orbital military satellite Skynet-2B, which is outside the United States and the Soviet Union