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The satellite was originally designated A-1, as the French Army's first satellite, but later renamed by the press after popular French comics character Astérix. [4] [3] The names Zébulon and Zebby, after another cartoon character from the French children's television program Le Manège enchanté, were also considered. [3] [2]
ASTERISC is named after the word asterisk (*), which traces its origin to an ancient Greek word meaning "little star". The satellite will observe space dust, which are tiny fragments of a star. Additionally, the satellite is a CubeSat, figuratively a "little star". [3] The project is led by Ryo Ishimaru of PERC. [4]
Asterix (French: Astérix or Astérix le Gaulois [asteʁiks lə ɡolwa], "Asterix the Gaul"; also known as Asterix and Obelix in some adaptations or The Adventures of Asterix) is a French comic album series about a Gaulish village which, thanks to a magic potion that enhances strength, resists the forces of Julius Caesar's Roman Republic Army in a nonhistorical telling of the time after the ...
FR-1 [1] [4] [6] was the second French satellite.Planned as the first French satellite, it was launched on 6 December 1965—ten days after the actual first French satellite, Astérix—by an American Scout X-4 rocket from the Western Range at Vandenberg Air Force Base.
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A-1 Supply, a former name of American gaming machine manufacturer International Game Technology; A1 Telekom Austria, an Austrian mobile network operator, and its subsidiaries A1 Slovenija, the second largest telecommunications company in Slovenia; A1 Bulgaria, mobile network operator in Bulgaria; A1 Hrvatska, mobile network operator in Croatia
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Asterix, Obelix and Dogmatix are the first characters with short descriptions usually listed at the beginning of each of the Asterix books (after the map of Gaul). They each have separate articles containing more information. Unless otherwise stated, this article uses the names chosen for the English translations of the books.