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DOMINICA

Issued: Jun 21, 2000.-
7 Values perforate
Kind: First day cover F.D.C.
Printing method: offset
Width (mm): 162
Height (mm): 122

Description : ESSA: 15 Dec. 1968. 1st Weather Satellite NASA linked to 50 countries of the W.M.O.

Echo: 12 August 1960. 1st telecommunications satellite, reflection of radio waves off the surface of a huge (40m diameter) inflatable metallic balloon.

Topex Poseidon: 10 August 1992. 1st European satellite to study oceans, launched from Kourou on Ariane rocket, flight number V52.

Diademe: 8 Feb. 1967. 1st French satellite for geological study, with onboard laser reflectors. Launched from Hammaguir (Sahara) by a Diamant rocket.

Early Bird: 6 April 1965. 1st business communications satellite, located between Europe and USA in geostationary orbit.

Molniya: 22 August 1964 1st Soviet telecommunication satellite, highly eccentric orbital path which alternately covers high and low orbits.

On the frame of sheetlet 1: To understand our universe and to seek out new worlds we must continually use bigger telescopes and radio telescopes, it’s easy to imagine a space observatory with a 25m telescope and a 300m radio antenna. Here it is: a huge space station entirely built in orbit.

2 first day covers signed by the authors

Values informations :
10100 DOM 1    1.65$ ESSA 8
10100 DOM 2    1.65$ Echo 1
10100 DOM 3    1.65$ Topex Poseidon
10100 DOM 4    1.65$ Diademe
10100 DOM 5    1.65$ Early Bird
10100 DOM 6    1.65$ Molniya
10100 DOM 7 B     6$ souvenir sheet

Yvert  : 2601/2606+Bloc 411
Michel : 2896/2901+Block 406
Scott  : 2238+2240

Stamp Designer : Bernard Lollini

SPACE REVUE : 06 - 2001

Keyword(s) : #Earth, #LOLLINI (design), #Science fiction, #Telecommunications.

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	10100 DOM 7 B	8,-
	10100 DOM 1/6 C	13,-

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