It was built by a spin-off company of the University of Surrey, Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) and launched in January 1990 from French Guiana.
[2] UoSAT-3 exceeded its expected operational life by 3 years and ceased active service in 1999.
[4] The satellite, which is now non-operational, forms a part of the growing amounts of space debris orbiting around the Earth.
The payload will decay in the Earth's atmosphere some time in the future.
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