Looking Up - 03 November 2017

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South Africa's space industry is active, and this year one of our satellites was launched from the International Space Station. Hear about the n-Sight programme and the n-Sight-1 satellite designed and built by Space Advisory Company here in Somerset West, now in orbit around a planet near you. Dr Francois Malan, who worked on the Gecko imager, which forms part of this satellite, tells us about this important development
3 Nov 2017 English South Africa Places & Travel

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