Russian Satellite On Track Despite Communication Problem

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Moscow (AFP) Aug 27, 2005
Russia successfully launched a monitoring satellite from the northern Plesetsk cosmodrome after initial fears the apparatus was out of control, space officials said.

"A liaison session has been carried out with the satellite. It is under control," a Khrunichev space center official told the Interfax news agency.

Earlier, Roskosmos space agency vice-director Nikolai Moisseyev said the satellite might be lost because of difficulties establishing a link with the rocket propelling the unit.

The Monitor-E satellite will be used for mapping, and monitoring pollution and natural or man-made disasters.

"This is the first time that a small-size satellite matches heavy ones in its work parameters and can help resolve a wide range of social and economic problems," Khrunichev space center spokesman Alexander Bobrenev said.

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Innovative Mapping Will Increase Investment In Canada's North

Ottawa, Canada (SPX) Aug 26, 2005
The Honourable R. John Efford, Minister of Natural Resources Canada, and Nancy Karetak-Lindell, Member of Parliament for Nunavut, on behalf of the Honourable Andy Scott, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, has announced the start of the Qikiqtani Inuit Association's aeromagnetic survey of Nunavut's South Baffin region.

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