Event ID: | 4079 |
Contact Name: | Romana Kofler |
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Organization: | United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) |
Event Web Site: | http://www.unis.unvienna.org/unis/pressrels/2012/unisos422.html |
Dates: | 4th October 2012 to 10th October 2012 |
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Country: | Austria |
State/Province: | Vienna |
City: | Vienna |
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Event Name: | New Satellite at the United Nations in Vienna |
Event Description: | VIENNA, 4 October (UN Information Service) - A new satellite landed at the United Nations in Vienna today: the Russian Federation has donated a Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) satellite model for display at the permanent Space Exhibit at the Vienna International Centre (VIC). Anatoly Shilov, Deputy Head of the Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos, unveiled the model together with the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV) Yury Fedotov. Mr. Fedotov thanked the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations (Vienna) Vladimir Voronkov for the generous donation. "Effective satellite navigation benefits users worldwide. While many of us are familiar with satellite navigation systems for cars, this is just one of the many applications of this technology. Satellite navigation-related technology supports many civil, scientific and commercial functions. It is widely used in the areas of telecommunications, transportation, meteorology and disaster forecasting," Mr. Fedotov said. The donation of the satellite came on the first day of World Space Week, which the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) celebrates every year from 4 to 10 October. Mandated by the UN General Assembly in 1999, "this Week has become a world-wide celebration of science and technology, and their contribution to the betterment of the human condition. UNOOSA, together with its partners, has been working to bring the benefits of space to Earth, to make the seemingly remote and abstract world of outer space of concrete use to people worldwide," UNOOSA Director Mazlan Othman emphasized. |
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