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First Caracal helicopters land in French Guiana bringing new capability to jungle operations
Defense News Security News Army Recognition
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According to information published by the French Army on August 12, 2025, the French Guiana Armed Forces have taken delivery of their first two H225M Caracal helicopters, marking a decisive step in the long-awaited renewal of rotary-wing...
Global ‘mining mafia’ feeds China’s appetite for gold, investigation shows
The New Zealand Herald
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August 13, 2025
As part of a strategic effort to reduce reliance on the US dollar, insulate itself from potential United States sanctions and build its own capacity to influence the international monetary system, China is procuring gold at a voracious pace. This...
A global ‘mining mafia’ feeds China’s appetite for gold, investigation shows
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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Indonesia is the largest gold producer in Asia after China and has become a target of illicit gold-mining syndicates, investigators say. (Muhammad Fadli/For The Washington Post) LANTUNG VILLAGE, Indonesia - Hilltop after hilltop in this remote...
Why Britain thinks it can win the European space race
The Times
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Britain is in a “very good position” to win the European space race and beat Norway to the continent’s first launch into orbit, Sir Chris Bryant, the space minister, has said, as he announced the government would take full control of the UK Space...
France’s Dead-End War on Crime
Jacobin
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Ever since Emmanuel Macron called snap elections to the National Assembly last summer, it’s been common to hear gripes about paralysis overtaking French political life. Yet there are revealing exceptions to the purported stasis, most notably in...
EUMETSAT assumes control of inaugural Metop Second Generation satellite
SatNews
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August 18, 2025
EUMETSAT’s Mission Control Centre has officially taken the reins of the Metop Second Generation A1 (Metop-SGA1) satellite, following the successful completion of the spacecraft’s launch and early operations phase (LEOP). Over three intense days,...
Ag Progress Days 2025 Coverage: Stay Up To Date On Penn State's Annual Agricultural Event
Lancaster Farming - Pennsylvania
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July 29, 2025
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Summary of the 2025 GEDI Science Team Meeting
NASA
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August 18, 2025
Introduction The 2025 Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) Science Team Meeting (STM) took place April 1–3, 2025 at the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD). Upwards of 60 participants attended in-person, while several others...
VI beat Grenada 6-0 in CFU U14 Girls Challenge Series in T&T
Virgin Islands News Online
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MALABAR, Arima, T&T- After being edged by French Guiana in their opening game on Friday, August 15, 2025, the Virgin Islands bounced back in emphatic fashion in the Caribbean Football Union (CF) U-14 Girls Challenge Series in Trinidad and Tobago,...
Kazakhstan aims to revive Cold War-era Baikonur spaceport for the new rocket race
EurActiv
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August 18, 2025
Baikonur, KAZAKHSTAN – Before every Soviet rocket launch, cosmonauts would kick the launcher before clambering into their ride to space. Today, out in the dusty steppes of Central Asia, Kazakhstan's government is trying to kick-start its own space...
UPDATE: Kiyah-Starr Shelton nets 4 goals in big win over Grenada @CFU Challenge Series
Virgin Islands News Online
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MALABAR, Arima, T&T— Left-footed striker Kiyah-Starr Shelton was the star of the show when the Virgin Islands registered a 6-0 victory over Grenada on Match Day 3 of the 2025 Caribbean Football Union (CFU) U14 Girls Challenge Series at Larry Gomes...
Airbus picks Teledyne Space to provide imaging sensors on European MetOp-SG-A1 Earth-observation satellites
Military & Aerospace Electronics
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August 18, 2025
Summary points: Airbus selects Teledyne imaging sensors — CCD314, CIS119, and CCD327-20 — for the first MetOp-SG-A1 next-generation weather and Earth-observation satellites. MetOp-SG-A1 launched from Kourou to provide high-resolution...
Satellite to track climate change from space with help from Scots scientists
STV News
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August 16, 2025
Scientists from the University of Edinburgh are celebrating the successful launch of a new satellite set to transform the way the world monitors carbon dioxide. MicroCarb – a landmark UK-France mission – has soared into orbit aboard the 35-metre...
Europe launches first next-generation weather satellite, MetOp-SG A1, to boost forecast accuracy
Aviation24.be
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August 13, 2025
CU1 Fairing at EFA. 08-02-2025.Europe’s first next-generation meteorological satellite, MetOp-SG A1, was successfully launched on 13 August 2025 aboard an Ariane 6 rocket from Kourou, French Guiana. Built by Airbus for the European Space Agency...
James Webb Telescope Fuels European Innovation in AI and Space Tech
WebProNews
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August 14, 2025
In the vast expanse of space exploration, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) stands as a beacon of human ingenuity, with significant European fingerprints all over its design and operations. Launched in 2021 aboard an Ariane 5 rocket from...
New European satellite launch lifts weather forecasting to new heights
World Meteorological Organization
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August 15, 2025
Metop Second Generation A1 (Metop-SGA1) lifted off on an Ariane-62 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on 13 August. It is the first of the next generation of European polar-orbiting weather satellites and also hosts the new...
Europe launches MetOp-SG A1 meteorological satellite
CompositesWorld
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Source | 2025 ESA/CNES/ArianeSpace On Aug. 13, Europe’s next-gen meteorological satellites, MetOp-Second Generation (MetOp-SG) A1, successfully launched from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on board an Ariane 6 rocket. The...
Amazon purchases new Vulcan rocket in bulk
The Florida Tech Crimson
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Amazon has purchased 38 Vulcan Centaur rockets to launch their massive low-earth orbit satellite constellation, beaming high speed internet to customers and replacing traditional terrestrial cable companies. Named Kuiper,...
Europe says it leads the world in Earth Observation. But what is it?
Euronews
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August 13, 2025
Published on 13/08/2025 - 16:10 GMT+2 •Updated 16:11 The heavy-lift launcher, developed over a decade by the European Space Agency (ESA) and ArianeGroup, was launched from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana this Tuesday. After just over...
MetOp-SG-A1 and Sentinel-5A Launch Ushers in New Era for Weather and Climate Monitoring
Space Newscast
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August 13, 2025
KOUROU, FRENCH GUIANA: In a significant event for European space science, the first MetOp Second Generation (MetOp-SG-A1) satellite—equipped with the advanced Copernicus Sentinel-5 instrument—was successfully launched into orbit today atop an...