[FPSPACE] Date set for Sumbandila satellite launch

[Keith Gottschalk]

>Pretoria - The date for the launch of the much-anticipated
SumbandilaSat science satellite has been set for 25 March by 
>the Department of Science and Technology. The Sumbandila, a low-orbit
satellite which will collect data to be used to 
>monitor and manage disasters such as floods, oil spills and fires
within Southern Africa, will be launched into space from a 
>submarine in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. 

    Indeed, the Russians have already anchored a submarine in the Syr
Darya River adjacent to Baikonur, for the lift-off.
 :)      :)      :)         - Keith
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