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Matra Marconi Space: Europe's fully integrated space company

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Matra Marconi Space is involved with the European Space Agency and provides telecommunication, satellite systems, computer equipment and image processing. The company, together with British Aerospace, has developed the EUROSTAR platform, which provides satellites with a longer life span.

Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1992
Management, Telecommunications services industry, Telecommunications industry, Matra Marconi Space N.V.

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The fury of space storms

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A new Solar and Heliospheric Observatory shows the development of space storms. The spacecraft blocks direct light from the sun to allow the atmosphere to be seen. An exploration of the violent eruptions of the sun and space storms is presented.

Author: Burch, James L.
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2001
Research, Analysis, Usage, Space sciences, Astronomical research, Solar activity, Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (Space probe)

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When methane made climate

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Earth's atmosphere and oceans, about 2.3 million years ago, were virtually devoid of oxygen. Menthanogens could have filled the ancient skies, the sun burned less bright, with nearly 600 times as much methane as they do in this age

Author: Kasting, James F.
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2004
Evaluation, History, Methane, Atmosphere

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