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TanDEM-X And TerraSAR-X Imaging Etna While Flying In FormationBonn, Germany (SPX) Oct 21, 2010 The TanDEM-X and TerraSAR-X satellite pair have acquired their first image of Earth's surface, synchronised to the microsecond, while flying over Mount Etna in Italy. Scientists at the German Aerospace Center have used the data to create a three-dimensional digital elevation model with an unprecedented elevation accuracy down to two metres. The image, taken while the satellites were flying just 350 metres apart, is the first in the world to be made by satellites flying in such a close formation. ... read more |
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  US oil spill hit a key tuna spawning site: agency Numbers of juvenile Atlantic tuna at a major spawning site in the Gulf of Mexico probably fell by at least a fifth this year as a result of the BP oil spill, the European Space Agency (ESA) said Mon ... more | .. |
  TerraSAR-X And TanDEM-X Flying In Close Formation The German Aerospace Center and the space company Astrium have recently taken an important step forward in their mission to create a three-dimensional map of the world. On 14 October 2010, the ... more | .. |
  France, Germany offer hand to Russia at seaside summit French President Nicolas Sarkozy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Dimitry Medvedev launched talks Monday on building a pan-European security partnership. Their summit bega ... more | .. |
Satellites join up to map Earth Two German satellites orbiting within 380 yards of each other are preparing to create the most detailed map ever made of Earth's entire surface, officials said. The radar satellites TanDEM-X and ... more | .. |
  NASA Study Of Haiti Quake Yields Surprising Results The magnitude 7.0 earthquake that caused more than 200,000 casualties and devastated Haiti's economy in January resulted not from the Enriquillo fault, as previously believed, but from slip on multi ... more |
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Washington (AFP) Oct 17, 2010In the next 40 years, an unprecedented number of women will be in positions of power, Muslim immigration to the West will rise, and office workers will be unchained from their cubicles, a report released last week says. South America will see sustained economic growth and the Middle East will become "a tangle of religions, sects and ethnicities," says the report by Toffler Associates, a cons ... more  
Baku, Azerbaijan (UPI) Oct 13, 2010 Oil-rich Azerbaijan hopes to nearly double its defense spending to $3.1 billion next year to boost its military capabilities, senior officials said. Azeri Finance Minister Samir Sharifov said the plans would increase the defense budget by 89.7 percent, explaining that roughly half of the amount would be spent directly on the purchase of state of the art military hardware while the rest ... more  
Baghdad (AFP) Oct 16, 2010Before the 2003 US-led invasion, Iraq's Al-Shaheed State Company used to make a blast, literally. Now it helps to produce music. "We used to make mortar shell casings, but our engineers changed the production line, so we now make brass for trumpets and vases, and copper cables," said Amine Hawas, a company technician. Al-Shaheed's fate has been mirrored by a string of other companies cre ... more |
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War games pits Eurofighter against Su-30London (UPI) Oct 13, 2010 Britain's Royal Air Force is sending its best pilots and a squadron of its latest Eurofighter Typhoon jets into war games in India, shortly before the emerging economy decides whether to buy the Eurofighter or one of four rival planes. The 17-day aerial war games, due to start next week in West Bengal, pit the Eurofighter jets against Sukhoi Su-30 multi-role combat jets of the Indian air force. The last war games ended in a bitter "defeat" for Britain after it had sent its aging Tornado ... read more |
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