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Belarus To Launch Its Second Satellite In 2009
Minsk (RIA Novosti) Nov 14, 2007 Belarus plans to launch its second satellite in 2009, the National Academy of Sciences said on Tuesday. Pyotr Vityaz, the first deputy chairman of the academy's presidium, said the Belka-2 satellite would be launched by a Russian carrier rocket. Belarus launched its first satellite, Belka, in July 2006. However, a Dnepr rocket carrying the Belarusian satellite, along with several international satellites, crashed shortly after liftoff from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, due to a first stage engine shutdown. Belka was the name of a Soviet dog, who, along with her companion, Strelka, was the first creature to go into orbit and return alive, making her trip in August 1960.
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Unmanned Air System Project For South Coast Formally Launched
London, UK (SPX) Nov 12, 2007Unmanned aircraft could be used for police and coastal patrol work on Britain's south east coast from as soon as 2012, following the launch of new project that sees BAE Systems partnering with a range of government bodies. Although some trials of remote-controlled air vehicles have been carried out by police forces in Britain, this will be the first time that autonomous aircraft will be used by civil bodies in the UK. |
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