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ESTCube-1 Reaches Orbit, Estonia Becomes 41st Space Nation
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... of five years," Noorma said. Speaker of Parliament Ene Ergma, an astrophysicist by training who was in French Guiana to observe the launch, said Estonia is now a "tiny space country." by Red Badger (Want to be surprised? Google your own ... Comment?
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Vietnam to launch 2nd remote sensing satellite into orbit by 2017
... micro-satellite, ESTCube-1 to test an electric solar sail -- by Arianespace from the Guiana Space Center, French Guiana at 9:06 a.m. on May 7 (Hanoi time). According to the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, the satellite successfully sent ... Comment?
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e2v Image Sensors Study the Earth's Vegetation on Board Proba-V, ESA's Newly Launched Microsatellite
... ESA which has been specifically designed to chart global vegetation. The satellite was carried into orbit from French Guiana by VERTA 1, the second Vega launcher. For almost 15 years the vegetation instruments on board the Spot 4 and 5 Earth ... Comment?
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Arianespace confirms 4th Automated Transfer Vehicle ready to launch
... announced in a statement mailed to Xinhua on Thursday. "Fueling has been completed at the Spaceport in French Guiana for Europe's fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), readying it for a planned June launch with Arianespace's workhorse Ariane 5 on ... Comment?
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Europe launches new satellites into space
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Europe's lightweight rocket, Vega, was launched from Kourou space base in French Guiana late Monday for the first mission, webcast live, since its maiden flight in February last year. Comment?
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ForeverGreen Opens Additional Countries
... Argentina, Chile, Peru and Paraguay. We have also successfully launched in many French territories including French Guiana, French Polynesia, French Southern Territories, Reunion, Guadeloupe and Martinique. In the Far East we are seeing solid growth ... Comment?
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Estonia joins world space club with 2.2-pound satellite
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... now a "tiny space country," Estonian Speaker of Parliament Ene Ergma, an astrophysicist by training who was in French Guiana to observe the launch, said, but "it's really a big deal in my opinion." University students in Estonia had been developing ... Comment?
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Fashion Faves - Nika Lauraitis
... tested by the ESTCube-1 satellite, which launched last night aboard a Vega rocket from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana. [...] The ESTCube-1 satellite, the work of Estonian students testing out Janhunen's ideas, uses a long wire that maintains ... Comment?
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French Anti-Gay Activist Poster Depicting Justice Minister Christiane ...
French Justice Minister Christiane Taubira, the main sponsor of France's marriage equality bill, has been the main target of the anti-gay Manif Pour Tous activists over the past months. Comment?
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Enter the Electric Sail
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... tested by the ESTCube-1 satellite, which launched last night aboard a Vega rocket from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana. Our group had been talking about interstellar issues all day at the conference and now, headed back to the hotel following ... Comment?
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Proba-V satellite to track aircraft continuously from space
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... (GPS satellites are dumb, to all intents and purposes). But on Tuesday, the ESA's Vega rocket took off from French Guiana carrying the Proba-V satellite. It's main mission is to monitor changes in Earth's vegetation, but it is also equipped with a ... Comment?
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Second Mission For Vega Booster Delivers Three Satellites
Arianespace's light-lift Vega launcher performed an intricate mission from the Spaceport in French Guiana Tuesday, successfully delivering three satellite passengers at two different Sun-synchronous orbital altitudes during a flight lasting just over two hours. Comment?
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Tullow financial performance strong
... company cites their exploration programme which has significant high-impact wells across Africa, Norway and French Guiana and progress towards securing Tullow's medium-term organic production in Ghana and Uganda as grounds to be confident for the ... Comment?
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Tullow Oil reports strong production at Jubilee Field in Ghana
... time" for Tullow, with the exploration programme having significant high-impact wells cross Africa, Norway and French Guiana. Tullow Oil's share price was up 1.68% to 1,026p at 08:58 on Wednesday. MF Comment?
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Ha Noi: Viet Nam's satellite on orbit
... and Disaster Monitoring Satellite - was made by a Vega rocket from the European Space Centre in Kourou in French Guiana in South America. The project costs US$73 million in French official development assistance (ODA) and 64.8 billion Vietnam dong ... Comment?
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[Ticker] Bad weather sees European rocket launch postponed
Launch of the second Vega rocket from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana was Saturday postponed due to bad weather, the European Space Agency announced. Comment?
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Warrior King bats for deeper music
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... or King is looking forward to upcoming performances in Merida, Playa del Carmen and Chetumal in Mexico, and in French Guiana and Belize before his departure to complete the second leg of his tour in June. Comment?
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Launch of VNREDSAT-1 satellite delayed in Hanoi
... , capital of Vietnam, May 3, 2013. Bad weather at the Guiana Space Centre at the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana has prevented the launch of VNREDSAT-1 satellite. The launch will be delayed till May 5. (Xinhua/VNA) Comment?
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Correction: Italy's Race Problem story In a May 1 story about racism...
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... incorrectly reported that a current French minister is from the French region of Guyana. The minister is from French Guiana, an overseas region of France in South America. Guyana is a separate country in South America. ROME (AP) - It was hailed as a ... Comment?
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European Vega rocket launch delayed due to weather
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The launch Saturday of Europe's lightweight rocket, Vega, from Kourou in French Guiana was put off until an unspecified date because of poor weather conditions at the space base, the European Space Agency said. Comment?
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