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SFera (Croatia)
* Sfera (helmet), Russian helmet * Sfera (geodesy satellite), Soviet satellite class of the 1960s and 70s * Sfera (satellite), passive satellite deployed from ISS in 2012 * Sfera (satellite constellation), a project for a satellite group by the Russian Federation *Sfera (mall), Polish mall *SFera, Croatian science fiction group ** SFERA Award **SFeraKon, conference by SFera *'' Sfera Stin Kardia'', Greek music album *''Sfera Politicii ''Sfera Politicii'' ( for "The Political Sphere") is a monthly political science magazine, published in Romania since 1991. History and profile ''Sfera Politicii'' was first published in December 1991. The magazine is based in Bucharest. Its artic ...'', Romanian magazine * Lazăr Sfera (1909–1992), Romanian footballer *'' Sfera con Sfera'', Italian sculpture {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sfera (helmet)
The Sfera (russian: Сфера, ), officially called STSh-81, are bullet-resistant combat helmets of titanium and steel manufactured with protective GOST rating of 2. They are worn by the Internal Troops of the Interior Ministry in the Soviet Union and its successor state Russia. These helmets continue to be used today by the police and special purpose troops. History As early as 1984, the KGB had titanium helmets developed at military research facilities, which were further used and further developed by the FSB and special forces of the military after the disintegration of the Soviet Union. Design Unlike most combat helmets, they are not one piece, but consist of three separate plates: two round ones on the sides of the head, and one bow-shaped one that sits on top, stretching from the neck to the forehead. These plates are kept together by a padded cover, with drawstring to adjust the size and fit of the plates. The helmet may also be camouflaged with a helmet cover which ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sfera (geodesy Satellite)
Sfera (meaning sphere, russian: Сфера) is a series of Soviet geodetic satellites. Launches 18 satellites were launched from 1968 to 1978, with only one failure. See also * Satellite geodesy * Geo-IK-2 * List of Kosmos satellites (1–250) * List of Kosmos satellites (251–500) * List of Kosmos satellites (501–750) * List of Kosmos satellites (751–1000) * List of Kosmos satellites (1001–1250) References External links Sfera (11F621) ''Gunter's Space Page'' ''Encyclopedia Astronautica The ''Encyclopedia Astronautica'' is a reference web site on space travel. A comprehensive catalog of vehicles, technology, astronauts, and flights, it includes information from most countries that have had an active rocket research program, f ...'' Sfera geodesic satellite www.russianspaceweb.com {{USSR-spacecraft-stub Earth observation satellites of the Soviet Union Satellites using the KAUR bus Kosmos satellites Geodetic satellites ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sfera (satellite)
Sfera (TEKh-44) is a small passive satellite deployed during a spacewalk from the ISS in August 2012. Description Also called the Vektor-T calibration sphere, the Sfera satellite is used to determine the density of the upper atmosphere by measuring how much drag occurs when the satellite passes through it. TEKh-44 is a shiny sphere 53 cm (20.8 inches) across weighing 14 kg (~31 pounds). Re-entry It re-entered the atmosphere in late November 2012. See also *List of passive satellites List of passive satellites is a listing of inert or mostly inert satellites, mainly of the Earth. This includes various reflector type satellites typically used for geodesy and atmospheric measurements. Passive satellites *Calsphere **Calspher ... References External linksSfera deployed Passive satellites Spacecraft which reentered in 2012 Spheres Atmospheric sounding satellites {{Russia-spacecraft-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sfera (satellite Constellation)
Sfera is a telecommunication project of the Russian Federation aiming to create and operate a satellite group maintaining communication to various terrestrial objects. The project is supported by the corresponding Federal Targeted Program and is proposed until 2030. The initial plan proposed 640 satellites by 2030 and supported terrestrial and aerial autonomous users. History Sfera inherited to an earlier global satellite program Efir, also known as Global Multifuctional Infocommunication Satellite System (''Russian'' "Глобальная многофункциональная инфокоммуникационная спутниковая система", ГМИСС), aimed at competing with foreign OneWeb and Starlink. The new development was included in the federal program “Digital Economy” in 2017, extending until 2024 and was announced on the “Direct Line with Vladimir Putin” in 2018. The launches of 640 satellites were planned for 2022-2028 (6 years), and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sfera (mall)
Sfera is the largest mall in Bielsko-Biała, Poland housing about 120 shops, music club, cinema (Helios) and supermarket. Area: 38000 square meters. The first phase of Sfera was opened on 6 December 2001 at the site of several former textile factories, and in 2009 Sfera was connected with Sfera 2 and the area was enlarged to over 130000 square meters. In May 2011, a monument to ''Bolek and Lolek ''Bolek and Lolek'' are two Polish cartoon characters from the children's animated comedy television series by the same name. They were created by Władysław Nehrebecki the author, scriptwriter and main director and partially designed by Wła ...'' was erected outside the mall. Buildings and structures in Bielsko-Biała Shopping malls in Poland Shopping malls established in 2001 Tourist attractions in Silesian Voivodeship {{mall-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SFera
SFera is a science fiction society from Zagreb, Croatia. It was founded in 1976, thus marking the beginnings of organised science fiction fandom in the region. SFera is the official organiser of SFeraKon, an annual Croatian science fiction convention. Since 1995, it also publishes annual collections of science fiction stories of Croatian authors. The founder of the collection series and its first editor was Darko Macan. SFera's own fanzine, ''Parsek'', has been published since 1977. Although Croatia today has number of science fictions societies and conventions, as well the annual short fiction anthologies, SFera remains the major national society. Since mid-1970s, its members and founders - among them Krsto A. Mažuranić, Damir Mikuličić, Neven Antičević, Ivica Posavec - were included in organisation of almost every major initiative in Croatian science fiction, including the ''Sirius'' monthly magazine (awarded two times as the best European science fiction magazine, in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SFERA Award
The SFera Award is awarded annually by the science fiction society SFera in Zagreb since 1981. Until 1991, it was given to participants from whole of Yugoslavia, but since 1994 only for works originally published in Croatian. The SFera award is given to the best accomplishments in science fiction (as well as in fantasy and horror genre) first published or shown in Croatia over the preceding year. At the beginning, the award was only for literary works, but with time, expanded to many categories. Currently it is awarded in the following categories: *miniature (very short story) *short story *story *novella *novel *novel for children *drama *poetry *color illustrations *black-white illustrations *comic book Other mediums (costimography, sculpture, film, video, music) are designated as "special achievements". It is also awarded for life's work and from time to time, a special award for newcomers, called Protosfera. Winners 1981 *Story: Goran Hudec, ''Prsten'' *Novel: Miha R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SFeraKon
SFeraKon is a science fiction convention that takes place in Zagreb, Croatia every year at the end of April. Organised by SFera, it is the largest and the longest running science fiction convention in southeastern Europe. The first SFeraKon under that name was held in 1983, continuing the tradition of "''science fiction days in Zagreb''" after Yukon, the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav national science fiction convention, started taking place in other towns, the first few having taken place in Zagreb. Since 1994 it is being held on the grounds of University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing. In 1986 SFeraKon hosted a Eurocon, the European Science fiction convention, with Sam Lundwall as a guest of honour. It was nicknamed Ballcon. The 1998 SFeraKon was called a "Euroconference" but was not officially a Eurocon. SFeraKon hosted its second Eurocon in Zagreb in 2012 and two conventions went u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sfera Stin Kardia
''Sfera Stin Kardia'' (Greek: ''Σφαίρα Στην Καρδιά''; English: ''Bullet in the heart'') is the fourth studio album of Greek artist, Mariada Pieridi. It was released on 5 December 2005 by Universal Music Greece and later received gold certification, selling 20,000 units in Greece. Track listing Singles The following single was officially released to radio stations and made into music videos. The songs "Den Eimai Ego", "S' Eho Anagki" and "Sfera Stin Kardia", despite not having been released as singles, managed to gain radio airplay with the following single. "Afti I Agapi" "Afti I Agapi" was the first single from the album and released in November 2005 with music video, directed by Giorgos Gkavalos. The song is a laiko-pop uptempo track and had massive airplay. Credits Personnel * Vasilis Armenis – keyboards (tracks: 5) * Giannis Bithikotsis – bouzouki (tracks: 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11) / cura, baglama (tracks: 4, 8, 10, 11) * Giorgos Chatzopoulos – gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sfera Politicii
''Sfera Politicii'' ( for "The Political Sphere") is a monthly political science magazine, published in Romania since 1991. History and profile ''Sfera Politicii'' was first published in December 1991. The magazine is based in Bucharest. Its articles, written in both English and Romanian, deal with diverse issues in local and international politics. ''Sfera Politicii'' was established by Stelian Tănase around the Civic Society Foundation (''Fundaţia "Societatea Civilă"'', which was headed by Alexandru Paleologu Alexandru Paleologu (; March 14, 1919 – September 2, 2005) was a Romanian essayist, literary critic, diplomat, and politician. He is the father of historian Theodor Paleologu. Biography Paleologu was born in Bucharest, into an ancient Romanian b ... until his death in 2005) and the Institute for Economic and Political Research (''Institutul de Cercetări Economice şi Politice''). References References Official siteInline access on Issuu 1991 establishments in Rom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lazăr Sfera
Lazăr Sfera ''( sr, Lazar Sfera)'' (29 April 1909, in Sân Mihai, Austria-Hungary (today in Serbia) – 24 April 1992) was a Romanian footballer who played as a defender. Biography At club level, he began his career at the youth team of Politehnica Timișoara from 1923 to 1925. He stayed at the club until 1929. He then left for Liga I team Banatul Timișoara before signing for one season at Rômania Cluj. He then left for Universitatea Cluj until 1934. He ended his career at Venus București. He retired in 1941. With the Romania national football team, he was picked by joint coaches Josef Uridil and Costel Rădulescu to take part in the 1934 World Cup in Italy. The team were eliminated in the first round after a 2–1 defeat to Czechoslovakia. Honours ;Venus București *Liga I The Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1, is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. Currently Sponsor (commercial), sponsored by betting company S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
