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    Alouette 1 is a deactivated Canadian satellite that studied the ionosphere. Launched in 1962, it was Canada's first satellite, and the first satellite...
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  • up alouette in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Alouette or alouettes may refer to: "Alouette" (song), a French-language children's song Alouette, a character...
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  • California. It was (like its predecessor Alouette 1, and Explorer 31) designed to explore the ionosphere. The name "Alouette" came from the French for "skylark"...
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    The Aérospatiale Alouette III (French pronunciation: [a-lwɛt], Lark; company designations SA 316 and SA 319) is a single-engine, light utility helicopter...
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    "Alouette" (pronounced [alwɛt]) is a popular Quebecois children's song, commonly thought to be about plucking the feathers from a lark. Although it is...
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    The Aérospatiale Alouette II (French pronunciation: [alwɛt], "lark"; company designations SE 313 and SA 318) is a French light helicopter originally manufactured...
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  • of Canada's Alouette 1, Canada and the United States jointly sent up three more satellites in the ISIS program. The first was named Alouette 2 (after originally...
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    The Montreal Alouettes (French: Les Alouettes de Montréal) are a professional Canadian football team based in Montreal, Quebec. Founded in 1946, the team...
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  • the development of Canada's first satellite known as Alouette 1. With the launch of Alouette 1 in September 1962, Canada became the third country to...
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  • accomplishments in the Canadian Space Program and because of his role in the Alouette 1 program. The centre houses the Canadian astronaut office and most of the...
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    Canadarm (redirect from Canadarm-1)
    Canadian Space Agency. Archived from the original on 6 May 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2013. "Canadarm on display: Space shuttle robot arm unveiled at Canadian...
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  • Retrieved 2009-07-06. Alouette-ISIS Program http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Alouette-ISIS_Satellite_Program,_1962 Alouette 1 Satellite Program...
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    May 1867, to form the first government of the Canadian Confederation. On 1 July 1867, the first ministry assumed office. When the prime minister begins...
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  • SCISAT-1 is a Canadian satellite designed to make observations of the Earth's atmosphere. Its main instruments are an optical Fourier transform infrared...
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    RADARSAT-1 was Canada's first commercial Earth observation satellite. It utilized synthetic aperture radar (SAR) to obtain images of the Earth's surface...
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    single-engined helicopter. It combines the lighter Aérospatiale Alouette II airframe with Alouette III components and powerplant. The Lama possesses exceptional...
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    Canada (redirect from ISO 3166-1:CA)
    was the third country to design and construct a satellite when in 1962 Alouette 1 was launched. Canada is a participant in the International Space Station...
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  • Satellite Project Team won the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute's Alouette Award, which recognizes outstanding contributions to advancement in Canadian...
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    2003 Anik E2 – 1991 Anik E1 – 1991 MSAT-1 – 1996 Nimiq-1 – 1999 Anik F1 – 2000 Nimiq-2 – 2002 Estrela do Sul 1 (Telstar 14) – 2004 Anik F2 – 2004 Anik...
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    In 1962, the Canadian satellite Alouette 1 was launched to study the ionosphere. Following its success were Alouette 2 in 1965 and the two ISIS satellites...
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    its destination, a solar orbit near the Sun–Earth L2 Lagrange point, about 1.5 million kilometers (930,000 mi) from Earth. The telescope's first image...
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    Retrieved 1 March 2008. "ESA – About ESA – History of the European Space Agency". ESA. Retrieved 1 March 2008. "EUSPA". "About CNES". Retrieved 1 April 2009...
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    satellite after the Soviet Union and the United States, with the 1962 Alouette 1 launch. Canada is a participant in the International Space Station (ISS)...
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    satellites on foreign launchers. Canada had designed and built satellites (Alouette 1 and 2) in 1962 and 1965 which were orbited using U.S. launch vehicles...
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    Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission (formerly Dewdney—Alouette) was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the...
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  • The Alouette was a passenger train jointly operated by the Boston and Maine Railroad and the Canadian Pacific Railway between Montreal, Quebec and Boston...
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  • The SNCASE SE.3120 Alouette ("Lark") was a utility helicopter developed in France in the early 1950s but which did not enter production. Designed in parallel...
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  • antenna test house. It has also tested Canadian satellites such as RADARSAT-1 and previously tested the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (Dextre) which...
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  • will also be assembled at De Havilland Field once production resumes. Alouette 1 Bombardier Aerospace Canadair Canadian Air and Space Museum de Havilland...
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    (February 1, 2014). Women in Space: 23 Stories of First Flights, Scientific Missions, and Gravity-Breaking Adventures. Chicago Review Press. ISBN 978-1-61374-847-3...
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