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'''Zircon''' was the
==History==
During the [[Cold War]], Britain's [[GCHQ]]
Zircon was cancelled by Chancellor [[Nigel Lawson]] on grounds of its cost in 1987. However, [[Duncan Campbell (investigative journalist)|Duncan Campbell]], an investigative journalist working for ''[[New Statesman]]'' magazine, planned to make a BBC television programme about the project, part of a six-part series called ''Secret Society''. Campbell's thesis was that the cost of the satellite had been hidden from the British Parliament, in particular the [[Public Accounts Committee (United Kingdom)|Public Accounts Committee]].
==Zircon
As a result of TV interviews filmed with officials, particularly Sir Ronald Mason, the government's [[Chief Scientific Adviser to the Ministry of Defence|chief
==See also==
* [[Ariel 1]]
* [[Prospero X-3]]
==References==
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