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ESA buys new satellites for Galileo navigation system
According to a European news source, earlier this month, the European Space Agency (ESA) signed three contracts in London (UK) to buy 8 satellites and order 3 new launch…
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Europe's satellite launch is postponed
The orbital flight of two European-built satellite satellites could not take place today due to a technical problem.
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Europe's satellite navigation pair takes off
Russia's Soyuz boosters brought the first two satellites in Europe's global positioning system to Earth's orbit yesterday.
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Revealing mysteries about the Solar System
An unmanned scientific probe from the US Space Agency (NASA) recently went into Vesta's meteorite orbit, to discover the secrets of the formation of the Solar System.
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3 Glonass satellites of Russia fall into the Pacific Ocean
Three Russian Glonass-M positioning satellites, launched into orbit on December 5, fell off the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
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Detect extremely bright stars in the sky
The Spitzer Space Observatory has found a star that is 3.2 million times brighter than our sun, probably the brightest star in the Milky Way. It weighs 150 to 200 times…
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2009: International Astronomy Year
International Astronomical Federation (IAU) said the United Nations announced in 2009 the International Astronomical Year to honor Galileo's revolutionary findings about…
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Received the first signal of Galileo satellite
The British-built Giove-A satellite was launched on October 28 from Baikonur space airport in Kazakhstan. This is the first satellite of the Galileo satellite system to…
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EU launched the first satellite in Galileo satellite system
The European Union (EU) said yesterday it will launch its first satellite in Galileo satellite system in December. The preparations for the launch of the satellite are n…
History
June 22: Galileo Galilei is imprisoned, forced to
Galileo gave Copernicus the heliocentric theory and insisted on defending his discovery in the opposition of the Church at the time.
History
The greatest teachers in world history
In the technology world, Bill Gates is considered the greatest teacher, who left the maxim of business philosophy, life experiences and ways to become a better person.
History
December 28: Galileo discovers a new planet in the solar system
On December 28, 1612, Galileo observed a new planet in our solar system with a telescope.
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January 8: Stephen Hawking's birthday, Galileo dies in Italy
Notable scientific events take place on January 8 in history.
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The 10 more readings of Galileo Galilei -
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) was an Italian astronomer, physicist, mathematician and philosopher, who played an important role in the scientific revolution.
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The first satellite navigation technology center in Vietnam
On October 1, Hanoi University of Technology and the European Union inaugurated the Center for Research and Development of Positioning Technology