Text of report by independent German news agency ddp ["Jung Praises New Possibility of Reconnaissance for Bundeswehr" - ddp headline] Gelsdorf (ddp) - According to Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung (CDU [Christian Democratic Union]), the Bundeswehr [German Armed Forces] will be able in the future to use information from its own satellite-based radar reconnaissance system.

Text of report by independent German news agency ddp [Report by Friedrich Kuhn: "Look at Every Corner of the Earth - New Satellite Reconnaissance of the Bundeswehr Helps in Afghanistan in the Hunt for Taleban Fighters"] Gelsdorf - In the future, the Bundeswehr can look at every corner of the earth with "super eyes." Beginning in the fall, its new satellites of the SAR-Lupe reconnaissance system can also help from space in the hunt for Taleban fighters in Afghanistan.

Russia sends German satellite into space MOSCOW, July 22 (Xinhua) -- A Russian carrier rocket sent a German reconnaissance satellite into orbit on Tuesday, a Space Forces spokesman said. "A Kosmos 3M carrier rocket, launched at 6:40 a.m.

MOSCOW. March 31 (Interfax-AVN) - American ORBCOMM satellites will be launched from the Plesetsk launch pad in Arkhangelsk Region in May 2008, the Russian space agency Roscosmos reported.

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