Mammals of the Neotropics: The Northern Neotropics - Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana v. 1 (Mammals of Neotropics)
France24 (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
The first Russian rockets to be fired into space next year from a space centre in distant South America were Saturday to begin the long voyage to the launch site from Saint Petersburg. Two Russian Soyuz rockets, the mainstay of its space programme, were later Saturday to leave the northern city by ship bound for the French overseas department of French Guiana ahead of their expected launch next year....
Spacefellowship (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The initial two Soyuz vehicles for Arianespace’s operation from the Spaceport in French Guiana are being loaded aboard the MN Colibri transport ship in St. Petersburg, Russia this week in preparation for their transatlantic crossing to South America. These vehicles will depart the Russian port city on November 7 for a 5,119-nautical mile Atlantic Ocean crossing, [...]
Daily Khabor @ Khabor.Com (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
UAE tops the list of nations who own highest number of phones per head. Every UAE resident has nearly 3 cell phones. Turkey is midway at 62 where is Pakistan lags behind Iraq at 121. Whereas shining India comes 159th, 2nd last from bottom, only nation below India is micronesia. Per capita cell phone ownership by country Rank Country Mobiles per 1000 people ===============================================...
El Bloggo Torcido (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
No, the rubber chicken didn't go for a ride this time, but getting to see a big launch like this is always cool! Twisted Few member Steve Mertesdorf took these photos in French Guiana at the rollout and launch of...
Physorg (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
In foods, soil samples or customs checks, plant fragments sometimes need to be quickly identified. The use of DNA `barcodes` to itemize plant biodiversity was proposed during the 1992 Rio de Janeiro Summit. Jérôme Chave's team from the Evolution et diversité biologique laboratory has tested this method in the tropical forest where the CNRS Nouragues, French Guiana research station...
Kaieteur News (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Becomes first Guyanese side to win international tournament By Franklin Wilson in Suriname In association with Humphrey’s Bakery & Farm Products of Ketley Street, Charlestown A 57th minute header by midfielder Dirk Archer, his first international goal, led the ‘Golden Jaguars’ to a hard fought 1-0 win over French Guiana and with it, Guyana’s first International tournament...
MaldivianDigital® :: Forum (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
*Intelsat Secures ProtoStar-1 in Hotly Contested Auction * KOUROU, French Guiana — Intelsat outlasted Eutelsat in an Oct. 29 auction of the in-orbit ProtoStar-1 telecommunications...
SCOT goes POP! (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Iain Dale has picked up on Giles Tremlett's article in the Guardian , in which he argues that British citizens overseas should be given dedicated MPs to represent them in parliament, in line with the system now in place for French ex-pats. Tremlett notes - "we have happily created a Europe without borders, encouraging people to travel, live and work in other countries, but we have not changed...
Cool Science News (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
Photo: The sixth Ariane flight of 2009 From The BBC: Europe's Ariane 5 rocket has launched another two telecommunications satellites into orbit. Ariane sent the payloads into space from its Kourou base in French Guiana. The 5,700-kg NSS-12 satellite is owned by SES World Skies and will deliver TV broadcasts to Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Australia. Read more ....
Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
SES WORLD SKIES has announced that the NSS-12 satellite successfully roared into space on-board an Ariane 5 ECA booster from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on October 29 at 5:00 p.m. local time (8:00 p.m. GMT). Approximately 27 minutes after lift-off the spacecraft separated from the Ariane 5 upper stage and was placed into [...]
Physorg (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
(PhysOrg.com) -- Last night, an Ariane 5 ECA launcher lifted off from Europe`s Spaceport in French Guiana on a journey to place two telecommunications satellites, NSS-12 and Thor 6, into geostationary transfer orbits. Flight V192 was the sixth Ariane 5 launch of 2009 and the fourth dual-payload mission.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Image Caption: On the evening of 29th October 2009, an Ariane 5 ECA launcher lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on a journey to place two telecommunications satellites, NSS-12 and Thor 6, into geostationary transfer orbits. Flight V192 was the sixth Ariane 5 launch of 2009 and the fourth dual-payload mission. Liftoff of the 48th Ariane 5 mission took place at the start of the...
Science - The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
An Ariane-5 rocket placed two television satellites in orbit after blasting off from French Guiana on Thursday, space officials said....
ESA (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Last night, an Ariane 5 ECA launcher lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on a journey to place two telecommunications satellites, NSS-12 and Thor 6, into geostationary transfer orbits. Flight V192 was the sixth Ariane 5 launch of 2009 and the fourth dual-payload mission.
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
KOUROU, French Guiana--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SES WORLD SKIES, an SES company (Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG), announces that the NSS-12 satellite successfully roared into space on-board an Ariane 5 ECA booster from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on October 29 at 5:00 p.m. local time (8:00 p.m. GMT). Approximately 27 minutes after lift-off the spacecraft separated from the Ariane 5 upper stage...
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