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SKYLANCE

Commonwealth Space & Strategic Orbital Programme
PARTIAL
PERIOD: 1957–1990
DOMAIN: Space
ERA: Acceleration
CLASSIFICATION
MOST SECRET · COMMONWEALTH EYES ONLY
ORIGIN
Woomera · Bangalore · Malton · Commonwealth Tracking Network
LEAD FIGURES
Director · Commonwealth Aerospace Command
MOTTO
We did not go to space to be first. We went to stay.
STRATEGIC LEDGER

Founded the year of Sputnik. Unified the orbital-relay, reconnaissance, and propulsion strands of Commonwealth doctrine under a single directorate.

Operational Phases

PHASE I · FOUNDATION
1957–1963
  • *Commonwealth Arrow* launch family: Arrow I (1959, suborbital, Woomera); Arrow II (1961, 180 kg LEO); Arrow III (1963, 650 kg LEO / 220 kg GEO).
  • Commonwealth Tracking Network — twelve ground stations encircling the globe.
  • Integration with KESTREL's orbital-relay work and the Skywatch Wing's reconnaissance brief.
PHASE II · RECONNAISSANCE & NAVIGATION
1964–1972
REDACTED
PHASE III · STRATEGIC CONSOLIDATION
1972–1982
REDACTED
PHASE IV · DIGITAL INTEGRATION
1982–1990
REDACTED
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