NEW | 🇬🇧 The UK has confirmed that Titania, its second military satellite under the ISTARI programme, reached orbit in October. The announcement comes alongside Project Inaros, a new initiative to test three ground-based sensors in the UK, Australia and British facilities in Cyprus. Developed by British-Australian company Optera, the sensors use neuromorphic technology to detect changes in light and potentially identify unusual movements or threatening activity near satellites. The two projects address different parts of Britain's military space architecture. Titania supports the wider intelligence and surveillance programme, although earlier Ministry of Defence documentation identified its specific role as testing high-speed optical communications rather than providing independent imaging capabilities. Inaros, meanwhile, remains experimental. Its ability to provide reliable early warning has yet to be demonstrated publicly. Titania was developed under a £9.5 million contract. The more than £3 billion announced by London covers a wider four-year investment in military space capabilities, not the satellite alone.