Indonesian Papua to accommodate Russian satellite's launchin

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Frans Kaisepo Airport in Biak Numfor district, Papua province of Indonesia, has been designated as the location from where a Russian satellite will be launched in 2010
 
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Indonesia suppose to be a good place to launch anything to space, this is the first time. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>
 
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Hi alokmohan, because it is on the equator, so launch vehicles get a boost from <br />the Earth's rotation, hence in the USA, Canaveral is in Florida, not Alaska <br />(because Florida is in the tropics, so launch vehicles get a boost form the Earth's rotation there).<br /><br />It is the same logic here, with Russian launch vehicles launching from Indonesian <br />Papua (Irian Jaya).<br /><br />Andrew Brown. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>
 
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