# A commercial, deep-space communications station is coming to the UK !!

in deep-space •  7 years ago 

The U.K.'s Goonhilly Earth Station is to benefit from an £8.4 million ($11.66 million) investment that will see it become the world's first commercial deep-space communications station.

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The deal has been financed using the Local Enterprise Partnership's Growth Deal with the U.K. government, through the European Space Agency (ESA). more details click here

Anmar Frangoul

Freelance Digital Reporter, CNBC.com

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