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TheCoxwain

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Wed Sep-23-09 03:29 PM
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India launches seven satellites

Source: BBC

India has successfully launched seven satellites in a single mission, nearly a month after the country's inaugural Moon mission was aborted.
The rocket was carrying an Indian remote-sensing satellite and six smaller ones, all of them foreign.
The Indian satellite will help spot fishing zones in the sea by monitoring ocean temperatures.
Observers say India is emerging as a major player in the multi-billion dollar space market.
Wednesday's launch, from the Sriharikota space centre off India's east coast, is being described as another milestone for the country's 46-year-old space programme.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8270200.stm

Space Outsourcing - Here I come ...

7 for the price of 1 ....

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Wed Sep-23-09 03:32 PM
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1. mirv

Edited on Wed Sep-23-09 03:33 PM by AngryAmish

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Wed Sep-23-09 03:34 PM
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2. Because we need even MORE tools to end life in the oceans... - n/t

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