Space programme
Edward Leigh, Minister for Space, said Britain was joining a new era in space exploration at the British Aerospace plant at Filton, Bristol, where the pounds 300m Polar Platform is being built. It will be launched in 1998 as part of the European Space Agency environment monitoring programme.
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