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June 24, 2016

Canada Launches Maritime Monitoring Satellite
Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 24, 2016
The Maritime Monitoring and Messaging Microsatellite (M3MSat) has been placed into orbit by an Indian Space Research Organization rocket, the Canadian Space Agency said in a press release on Wednesday. "The M3MSat mission will improve ship detection and marine traffic management in Canadian waters by testing new technologies, including an innovative antenna designed by the University of Waterloo that promises improved identification of ships and better resolution between conflicting [identificatio ... read more

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Airplanes brighten clouds

US House Democrats stage sit-in to demand action on guns

Russia, Italy to build earth remote sensing satellite network

Families from Iraq's Fallujah flee one hell to find another

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Man-made pollutants found in Earth's deepest ocean trenches

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Four, including German national, die in US heatwave

Great Barrier Reef bleaching could cost a million tourists

At least three dead in Japan landslides, floods

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