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Highly Advanced NigeriaSat-2 Small Satellite Launch Date AnnouncedYasny, Russia (SPX) May 12, 2010 SSTL has announced that it will launch the NigeriaSat-2 and NigeriaSat-X satellites on behalf of the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) by a Dnepr launch vehicle from Yasny, Russia on 29th October 2010. NigeriaSat-2 is the most advanced small satellite ever to be launched, defining new standards in Earth observation and avionics. The spacecraft, which is based upon SSTL's flagship SSTL-300i platform, will be used primarily for resource management and mapping of the Nigerian te ... read more |
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Washington (AFP) April 15, 2010International efforts against pirates off the Horn of Africa need to target the money extorted from commercial ships, a senior US Navy officer said on Thursday. "We have to go after the money," Admiral Mark Fitzgerald told reporters at a Pentagon briefing. Somalis enriched by banditry off the coast are buying up properties in the Kenyan capital Nairobi and in Mombasa, as well as in Addis ... more  
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 16, 2010Do you carry a cell phone? Today, chances are it's called a "smartphone" and it came with a three-to-five megapixel lens built-in-not to mention an MP3 player, GPS or even a bar code scanner. This 'Swiss-Army-knife' trend represents the natural progression of technology-as chips become smaller/more advanced, cell phones absorb new functions. What if, in the future, new functions on our cel ... more  
Hvolsvollur, Iceland (AFP) April 16, 2010Some 800 people have repeatedly been forced to flee their homes near an ash-spewing volcano in southern Iceland, but despite the imminent threat of flash floods and toxic ash, there are few signs of alarm. "There is no panic," said Kjartan Thorkelsson, the local police chief in the nearby village of Hvolsvollur. For the second time in two days residents quit their homes briefly Thursday ... more |
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Proba-2 Shows Solar Eruption That Touched EarthParis, France (ESA) Apr 15, 2010 Polar skies glowed with ghostly auroras last week during the biggest geomagnetic storm of 2010. The event owed its origin to a solar eruption a few days earlier - revealed here in high-speed detail by ESA's small Sun-watcher Proba-2. Eruptions like this one have several components, most notably solar flares and Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs). Solar flares are caused by sudden impulsive releases of magnetic energy from the surface of the Sun. The flare seen here took place at 11:54 CET on Satu ... read more |
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