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What might look like an abstract artwork is actually a novel antenna, small enough for a minisatellite, to track global ship traffic from orbit.
Commercial vessels are mandated to transmit Automatic Identification System (AIS) signals, which are used to track maritime traffic – the oceangoing equivalent of air traffic control. The system relies on VHF radio signals with a horizontal range of just 40 nautical miles (74 km), useful within coastal zones and on a ship-to-ship basis, but leaving open ocean traffic largely uncovered.
However, in 2010 ESA fitted an experimental antenna to Europe’s Columbus module of the International Space Station, demonstrating for the first time that AIS signals could also be detected from up in orbit, opening up the prospect of global ship tracking from space.
“Based on our testing, this new prototype designs offers a four-fold increase in ship detection performance,” explains ESA antenna specialist Nelson Fonseca, overseeing the project.
“The AIS detection system on Columbus employs a low-gain ‘whip’ antenna, receiving signals within a very broad beam, with corresponding potential for signal overlap and interference.
“This antenna design combines higher-gain with a more reduced footprint, allowing more of a focus on regions of highest interest, and can also discriminate between polarisations, increasing the likelihood of detection for any individual AIS signal within the antenna field of view.”
In addition, clever engineering has shrunk the overall antenna size to a size where up to five could be hosted on a single cubic-metre minisatellite.
“Despite its name, VHF is quite a low wavelength in space terms, implying a bulky antenna of about 1 m across and half-a-metre thick to operate ideally at that frequency,” Nelson adds.
“But the patterned square-shaped structure on the underlying face of our antenna changes the signal behaviour, enabling us to shrink the design to 50 cm width and 3 cm thickness – making it suitable for hosting on a smaller platform.”
The antenna was developed through ESA’s ARTES Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems – Advanced Technology programme with Italian companies CGS as prime contractor and MVG as subcontractor in charge of the electrical design.
“CGS and MVG are highly interested in moving forward with the optimisation and environmental qualification of this outstanding antenna element,” explains Andrea Di Cintio, managing the project at CGS. “The next step will be to identify a specific mission and then optimise the design and qualification accordingly.”
“Significant reduction of antenna dimensions and weight without compromising electrical performance was challenging,” adds Andrea Giacomini, lead antenna designer at MVG. “It required a radical change in the design and validation approach. We are proud to have been involved.”
Credit: ESA–G. Porter, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
1998 BMW 316i Compact.
Previously registered G2 OTL.
Subsequently re-registered S255 SBJ in June 2025.
Last (extended) MoT test expired in November 2020 (SORN).
No previous keepers.
Car: BMW 316i Compact.
Year of manufacture: 1999.
Date of first registration in the UK: 20th May 1999.
Place of registration: Chelmsford.
Date of last MOT: 7th April 2021.
Mileage at last MOT: 100,621.
Last change of keeper: 9th August 2020
Date taken: 3rd June 2021.
Album: Carspotting 2021
A very basic Compact. Top spotting points if you see one of these now.
Plate comes back to a Piaggio T5 (a scooter?)
This 1 3/8 inch figure is the DC Comics character The Flash as seen in the game HeroClix. The red and yellow streaks behind him are actually tissue paper.
I believe this is the first toy photo I've posted to Flickr that was lit by my camera's flash. I typically use lamps, flashlights, LEDs, etc.
This image is straight out of the camera: no tweaking, no color processing, no cropping, no nothing.
Submitted to the Flickr group 7 Days of Shooting.
Could be a very cool Live/Work space… in Central Porto- just east of the Main Retail Shopping Street- kinda like how State Street in Chicago was during The Jane Byrne administration ( meaning mostly closed to Auto & Bus traffic)
The Foxtrot fighter is a modified GARC viper. She's equipped with 2 short-range ballistic guns and 4 low-frequency phase cannons for shield dampening. Though she's low on firepower, she makes up for it with sheer speed. All this coupled with the ability to compact into a small cargo bay makes her a bounty hunter's best friend.
This has got to be my absolute favorite out of all the fighters I have built for the 14x14x6 starfighter challenge because it's just so fun to convert, and it's pretty dang swooshable too.
I initially wanted to have a few small cars that would fit into an autorack, similar to the Vert-A-Pac. The train car didn't work out, but the regular cars did. I will now use them for my LUG's city layout.
oldie but goody.. found an old folder with very old pictures I took in 2003. This one I still love, despite the quality, which is of course not comparable to a photo taken with a DSLR
Verdier d'Europe
Chloris chloris - European Greenfinch
Verdier d'Europe
Systématique
Ordre
:
Passériformes
Famille
:
Fringillidés
Genre
:
Chloris
Espèce
:
chloris
Descripteur
Linnaeus, 1758
Biométrie
Taille
: 16 cm
Envergure
: -
Poids
: 25 à 34 g
Longévité
13 ans
Distribution
Distribution
Description de la famille
Les Fringillidés (fringilles dans le langage courant) sont des passereaux de taille petite à moyenne (9 à 25 cm de longueur). Leur plumage est extrêmement variable et souvent haut en couleurs. Leur bec court et conique est adapté à un régime granivore, mais non exclusif. Ils occupent des mili... lire la suite
Description identification
Verdier d'Europe
♂ adulte plum. nuptial
Verdier d'Europe
♀ 2ème
Le Verdier d'Europe est un passereau trapu de la taille du Moineau domestique. Son corps est compact, effet accentué par la queue assez courte et le gros bec conique. Le mâle adulte apparaît globalement jaune-vert-olive. Ce qui permet de le reconnaître tout de suite, au posé comme en vol, c'est le jaune vif des ailes et de la queue. Sur les ailes, ce jaune se trouve sur les vexilles externes des rémiges primaires, sur l'alula et au niveau du poignet. Cela se traduit sur l'aile fermée par un trait jaune longitudinal très visible. Sur la queue, le jaune occupe la base des rectrices, excepté les centrales qui sont noirâtres. De près, on note les parties supérieures (corps et couvertures petites et moyennes) d'un jaune-vert-olive, excepté les sus-caudales grises. Le croupion apparaît nettement plus jaune. Les grandes couvertures alaires et les liserés des rémiges secondaires et tertiaires sont gris clair. Les parties inférieures sont d'un jaune-vert-olive plus vif, la partie la plus jaune étant le ventre. La poitrine peut être légèrement lavée de brunâtre. Les flancs, la zone anale, les côtés du cou et parfois le haut de la poitrine sont teintés de gris. La queue est nettement échancrée. La face est jaune-vert avec les lores noirâtres sur lesquels contraste fortement le gros bec conique couleur corne ou rosé. Les parotiques sont grises. L'iris est brun sombre et les pattes sont roses.
La femelle adulte est morphologiquement semblable au mâle, mais nettement différente quant au plumage, beaucoup plus terne. Chez elle, les couleurs sont atténuées. Le jaune n'est vraiment vif que sur les ailes, la queue et le croupion, mais avec une extension et une intensité moindres que chez le mâle. Les parties supérieures tirent sur le brun, avec une nuance olive plus ou moins importante sur le manteau et les couvertures. Elles sont légèrement striées. Comme chez le mâle, une teinte grise est notable sur les grandes couvertures et les rémiges tertiaires. Les parties inférieures, brunâtres à grisâtres, paraissent légèrement striées et sont plus ou moins envahies d'olive. La face rappelle celle du mâle, en plus terne.
Le juvénile est plus terne encore que la femelle, plus brun, avec le manteau et les parties inférieures nettement striés.
Indications subspécifiques 10 sous-espèces
Der smarte Micro-Crossover Ignis: Effizienz zum Verlieben.
Kraftstoffverbrauch Suzuki Ignis
1.2 DUALJET HYBRID COMFORT und COMFORT+
(61 kW | 83 PS | 5-Gang-Schaltgetriebe |
Hubraum 1.197 ccm |
Kraftstoffart Benzin): innerstädtisch (langsam) 4,9 l/100 km,
Stadtrand (mittel) 4,2 l/100 km,
Landstraße (schnell) 4,3 l/100 km,
Autobahn (sehr schnell) 5,9 l/100 km,
Kraftstoffverbrauch kombiniert 5,0 l/100 km;
CO₂-Emissionen kombiniert 112 g/km.
Beim Anfahren und Beschleunigen versorgt der ISG den Benzinmotor mit Energie aus der angeschlossenen Batterie.
So erhält der Antrieb im niedrigen und mittleren Drehzahlbereich ( 1.600 - 3.900 rpm ) die nötige Leistung (35Nm) sowie eine verbesserte Kraftstoffeffizienz (minus 11% Verbrauch)
Sinnvolle Assistenz-Systeme
***** NCAP TEST
Not-Stopp-Signal-Leuchten
Bei plötzlichem Bremsen bei einer Geschwindigkeit von über 55 km/h leuchten nicht nur die Bremslichter auf, sondern auch die Warnleuchten beginnen schnell zu blinken, um nachfolgende Fahrzeuge zu warnen.
Notbremssystem mit Kollisionswarner*
Dual-Camera: Front
Zwei Kameras erkennen wie das menschliche Auge vorausfahrende Fahrzeuge, Fussgänger und Fahrspuren. Mithilfe der von den Kameras erfassten Informationen trägt das System dazu bei, durch Warnungen und automatisches Bremsen Kollisionen zu vermeiden.
* nur beim Spitzen-Modell
Compact Top (CH), Comfort Plus (Germany)
Sondermodelle Schweiz:
Ausstattungslinie
Suzuki-Lederkollektion
Gestalten Sie das Interieur nach Ihren Wünschen. Wählen Sie aus 14 verschiedenen Konfigurationen die für Sie passende aus – sei es klassisch unifarben, ein elegantes 2-farbenes Modell, oder die absolute Sportlichkeit in Form einer perforierten Sitzvariante. Die hochwertigen Materialien werten jeden Innenraum auf und verleihen Ihrem Suzuki noch mehr Emotionen, Charakter und Einzigartigkeit.
oder
Piz Sulai® Top
mit exklusiven Dekorelementen und einem attraktiven Zusatzpaket unter anderem mit kostenlosen Winter-Kompletträder.
mit Deluxe-Fussmatten
Hybrid 4x41.2 Hybrid
5-Gang Schaltgetriebe (mit Start-Stopp-Automatik)
5 Türen
83 PS
Leistung
61 kW
CHF 23'990.-
5.0 L / 100 km
Verbrauch
Mild-Hybrid System
Klein, leicht, effizient: Das Suzuki Mild-Hybrid System unterstützt den Motor in fast jeder Fahrsituation. Dadurch werden der Treibstoffverbrauch und der CO2-Ausstoß deutlich reduziert – auch ohne größere Investitionen und ohne jede Einschränkung der Alltagsmobilität.
Autobahn (sehr schnell)
5,7 l/100 km
Spitzengeschwindigkeit
170 km/h
112 g / km
CO2-Emissionen
25 g / km
CO2-Emissionen aus der Treibstoff- und/oder der Strombereitstellung
** 925 kg (850 kg leer)
** Leergewicht:
Inkludiert laut DIN 70200 bzw.
EG 92/21: Einen zu 90% gefüllten Tank, 68 kg für den Fahrer und 7 kg Gepäck (und es ist physikalisch streng genommen eigentlich die
"Leermasse").
A
Energieeffizienz-Kategorie
wassergekühlter Vierzylinder-Benzinmotor, 16 Ventile, 2 obenliegende Nockenwellen, Multipoint-Einspritzung
Sondermodellserie Piz Sulai®
www.vonrotz.ch/suzuki-piz-sulai/
ATTRAKTIVES PIZ SULAI® PAKET:
Vier Aluminium-Winterräder mit Premium-Markenreifen,
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Limitierte Sonderserie, nur solange Vorrat.
Individuell Konfiguriert:
Comfort Plus
Dual Color
Seitenleisten
20.960,24 EUR
ohne Winterset Alu-Reifen und Felgen
ohne Chromleiste
ohne 5 Jahre Garantie
also etwa
23.000 EUR 2023 / März
Ohne Händler-Rabatt
What is the most important organ in an artist?
The hands (to conduct, to write, to paint, to click the shutter)
The eyes (to see and envision)
The brain (to create, to organize and arrange)
The heart (to feel)
This is snapshot taken in the photo walk with my photo club friends in Gastown and we have the mission to shoot in-camera B&W pictures.
Happy SUNday!
Fuji X10 compact
In-camera B&W processing
If there’s one company in Australia with heaps of dino compactors, that company will be Suez, or SITA as I wish they were still known. Maybe in the past the company had more dino work on a national scale, but the high majority is now subject to their Sydney operations, with most of their bulk bin trucks indeed dino roll-offs. I’m sure the company has a good couple hundred open top containers, compactor containers and integrated units in Sydney, a lot of which appear to be young or freshened up. However, a few years ago I came across one of their older pieces of equipment outside their Wetherill Park transfer station, just sitting on the road unattended while its transporter was somewhere else. I love seeing a compactor just sitting on the road out from a dock, especially at night in the Sydney CBD haha It’s not often you would find a compactor of this capacity being used for garbage, so I think it’s safe to say this is a dry waste container or more likely one for paper and cardboard. You can tell this one is an oldie, with very faded paint and signage, plenty of scratches and a decent amount of rust. You can see the front of the container has been punched inwards... a result of the many times this steel box has been pushed into its resting position by the bail hook and frame. I reckon the “No Parking Day Or Night” signs should feature an additional “Offending Vehicles Will Be Towed” - not hard to do with the truck!
Instructions for my custom models for the Death Star Escape & Compactor are now ready. You can buy downloads on my website
RD18884. A train on the Wengenalpbahn (WAB), an 800mm gauge rack & pinion railway, arriving at Grindelwald.
On the right is a train on the metre gauge partial rack & pinion Berner Oberland Bahn (BOB) waiting to return back down to Interlaken Ost.
Thursday, 13th September, 2018. Copyright © Ron Fisher.
A V-22 Osprey unfolds it's rotors as the crew preps the aircraft for departure from the California International Air Show.
The prototype. This was my quickly thrown together attempt to make a spit box out of an ordinary eBay find. It actually turned out pretty nice despite my hurried effort. My wife claimed this one immediately because it is small and "pretty". I've actually gotten a huge amount of use out of it already. One can't tell from the pic, but the wells are extremely deep and hold a ton of paint. In case you're wondering, it's spray enamel from the hardware store. Works great and matches your clothes dryer!