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Botswana launches first satellite BOTSAT-1 aboard SpaceX Falcon 9

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395 points vinnyglennon | 1 comments | 3/26/2025, 4:02:00 PM | HN request time: 0.208s | source
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tarkin2[dead post] ◴[3/27/2025, 2:53:00 AM] No.43489951[source]▶

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throwaway2037 ◴[3/27/2025, 7:59:00 AM] No.43491316[source]▶

Small? Not at all.

Google tells me:

    Botswana, with an area of 581,730 square kilometers, is roughly the size of France or Texas, and slightly larger than the combined area of the UK and Ireland.
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1. markdown ◴[3/27/2025, 9:23:00 AM] No.43491712[source]▶

Don't blame them for the assumption based on 450 years with the mercator projection that makes USA and European nations look bigger than they are and African nations look smaller than they are.