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Saint Pierre And Miquelon Satellite Station
The Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon station is a French satellite ground station located on the archipelago of the same name, 25 km off the Canadian coast of the island of Newfoundland in North America. It is used for communications with Earth observation satellites, mainly as part of the implementation of the European satellite positioning systems Galileo and EGNOS. It is one of 19 ''Galileo Sensor Stations'' (GSS) on the ground segment of Galileo, and the only one on the North American continent. It is located on a right of way at Saint-Pierre Pointe-Blanche International Airport, which belongs to the French government and is managed by the DGAC. It is responsible for collecting and sending Galileo SIS measurement data in real time to the ''Galileo Control Centres'' (GCC) of the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) based in Oberpfaffenhofen (Germany) and Fucino Space Centre (Italy). It should not be confused with the ESA and CNES trajectory tracking station, ded ...
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European Union Agency For The Space Programme
The European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) is a space agency, managing the European Union Space Programme as one of the Agencies of the European Union, agencies of the European Union (EU). It was initially created as the ''European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Supervisory Authority'' (GSA) in 2004, reorganised into the ''European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Agency'' (also GSA or GNSS Agency) in 2010, and established in its current form on . EUSPA is a separate entity from the European Space Agency (ESA), although the two entities work together closely. Overview EUSPA operates the Galileo (satellite navigation), Galileo and European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) services with the aim to provide a European alternative to the already established and advanced American, Russian and Chinese systems e.g. Global Positioning System, GPS, GLONASS, Glonass and BeiDou. EUSPA provides safe and secure European satellite navigation services, ...
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Arianespace
Arianespace SA is a French company founded in March 1980 as the world's first commercial launch service provider. It operates two launch vehicles: Vega C, a Small-lift launch vehicle, small-lift rocket, and Ariane 6, a Medium-lift launch vehicle, medium-to-Heavy-lift launch vehicle, heavy-lift rocket. Arianespace is a subsidiary of ArianeGroup, a joint venture between Airbus and Safran. European space launches are carried out as a collaborative effort between private companies and government agencies. The role of Arianespace is to market Ariane 6 launch services, prepare missions, and manage customer relations. At the Guiana Space Centre (CSG) in French Guiana, the company oversees the team responsible for integrating and preparing launch vehicles. The rockets themselves are designed and manufactured by other companies: ArianeGroup for the Ariane 6 and Avio for the Vega. The launch infrastructure at the CSG is owned by the European Space Agency, while the land itself belongs to ...
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Ground Stations
A ground station, Earth station, or Earth terminal is a terrestrial radio station designed for extraplanetary telecommunication with spacecraft (constituting part of the ground segment of the spacecraft system), or reception of radio waves from astronomical radio sources. Ground stations may be located either on the surface of the Earth, or in its atmosphere. Earth stations communicate with spacecraft by transmitting and receiving radio waves in the super high frequency (SHF) or extremely high frequency (EHF) bands (e.g. microwaves). When a ground station successfully transmits radio waves to a spacecraft (or vice versa), it establishes a telecommunications link. A principal telecommunications device of the ground station is the parabolic antenna. Ground stations may have either a fixed or itinerant position. Article 1 § III of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Radio Regulations describes various types of stationary and mobile ground stations, and their interrel ...
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European Union Space Programme Agency
The European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) is a space agency, managing the European Union Space Programme as one of the agencies of the European Union (EU). It was initially created as the ''European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Supervisory Authority'' (GSA) in 2004, reorganised into the ''European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Agency'' (also GSA or GNSS Agency) in 2010, and established in its current form on . EUSPA is a separate entity from the European Space Agency (ESA), although the two entities work together closely. Overview EUSPA operates the Galileo and European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) services with the aim to provide a European alternative to the already established and advanced American, Russian and Chinese systems e.g. GPS, Glonass and BeiDou. EUSPA provides safe and secure European satellite navigation services, advances the commercialization of Galileo, EGNOS, and Copernicus data and services, engages in secu ...
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French Government
The Government of France (, ), officially the Government of the French Republic (, ), exercises Executive (government), executive power in France. It is composed of the Prime Minister of France, prime minister, who is the head of government, as well as both senior and junior minister (government), ministers. The Council of Ministers, the main executive organ of the government, was established in the Constitution of France, Constitution in 1958. Its members meet weekly at the Élysée Palace in Paris. The meetings are presided over by the president of France, the head of state, although the officeholder is not a member of the government. The Prime Minister may designate ministers to be titled as ministers of state (), who are the most senior, followed in protocol order by ministers (), ministers delegate (), whereas junior ministers are titled as secretaries of state (). All members of the government, who are appointed by the president following the recommendation of the prim ...
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European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational union, supranational political union, political and economic union of Member state of the European Union, member states that are Geography of the European Union, located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated population of over 449million as of 2024. The EU is often described as a ''sui generis'' political entity combining characteristics of both a federation and a confederation. Containing 5.5% of the world population in 2023, EU member states generated a nominal gross domestic product (GDP) of around €17.935 trillion in 2024, accounting for approximately one sixth of global economic output. Its cornerstone, the European Union Customs Union, Customs Union, paved the way to establishing European Single Market, an internal single market based on standardised European Union law, legal framework and legislation that applies in all member states in those matters, and only those matters, where the states ...
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Moncton
Moncton (; ) is the most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of New Brunswick. Situated in the Petitcodiac River Valley, Moncton lies at the geographic centre of the The Maritimes, Maritime Provinces. The city has earned the nickname "Hub City" because of its central inland location in the region and its history as a railway and land transportation hub for the Maritimes. As of the 2024 Statistics Canada estimates, the city had a population of 97,523. The metropolitan population in 2024 was 188,036, making it the fastest growing census metropolitan area (CMA) in Canada for the year with a growth rate of 5.1%. Its land area is . Although the Moncton area was first settled in 1733, Moncton was officially founded in 1766 with the arrival of Pennsylvania German immigrants from Philadelphia. Initially an agricultural settlement, Moncton was not incorporated until 1855. It was named for Lt. Col. Robert Monckton, the British officer who had captu ...
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European Commission
The European Commission (EC) is the primary Executive (government), executive arm of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with a number of European Commissioner, members of the Commission (directorial system, informally known as "commissioners") corresponding to two thirds of the number of Member state of the European Union, member states, unless the European Council, acting unanimously, decides to alter this number. The current number of commissioners is 27, including the president. It includes an administrative body of about 32,000 European civil servants. The commission is divided into departments known as Directorate-General, Directorates-General (DGs) that can be likened to departments or Ministry (government department), ministries each headed by a director-general who is responsible to a commissioner. Currently, there is one member per European Union member state, member state, but members are bound by their oath of office to represent the genera ...
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Minister Of The Overseas
The Minister of the Overseas () is the official in charge of the Ministry of the Overseas in the Government of the French Republic, responsible for overseeing Overseas France. The office was titled Minister of the Colonies (''Ministre des Colonies'') until 1946. The position is currently held by Manuel Valls in the government of Prime Minister François Bayrou with the title of Minister to the Prime Minister, in charge of the Overseas (''Ministre auprès du Premier ministre, chargé des Outre-mer''). He succeeded François-Noël Buffet on 23 December 2024. Officeholders Minister of the Colonies (1894–1946) Minister of the Overseas (1946–present) See also * Archives nationales d'outre-mer, Aix-en-Provence References Further reading *Robert Aldrich. Greater France: A History of French Overseas Expansion. Macmillan (1996) pp109–114 External links Rulers: France. Ministries, political parties, etc. from 1870: Overseas Ministers (Colonies) Rulers.orgLes Mi ...
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Jean-François Carenco
Jean-François Carenco (; born 7 July 1952) is a French civil servant and politician who served as Minister of the Overseas, Minister Delegate for the Overseas in the Borne government, government of Prime Minister of France, Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne from 2022 to 2023. Following his appointment by President of France, President François Hollande, he previously served as president of the Commission de régulation de l'énergie, French Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) from 2017 to 2022.Béatrice Jérôme (9 February 2017)L’Île-de-France attend son nouveau préfet ''Le Monde''. Prior to joining the government, Carenco had a long career at the highest levels of the French Civil Service. He was a Prefect (France), prefect in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon (1996–1997), Tarn-et-Garonne (1997–1999), Guadeloupe (1999–2002), Haute-Savoie (2002–2004), Seine-Maritime (2006–2007), Haute-Garonne (2007–2008), Rhône (department), Rhône (2010–2015) and Paris (2015–2017). ...
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Global Positioning System
The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a satellite-based hyperbolic navigation system owned by the United States Space Force and operated by Mission Delta 31. It is one of the global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) that provide geolocation and time information to a GPS receiver anywhere on or near the Earth where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS satellites. It does not require the user to transmit any data, and operates independently of any telephone or Internet reception, though these technologies can enhance the usefulness of the GPS positioning information. It provides critical positioning capabilities to military, civil, and commercial users around the world. Although the United States government created, controls, and maintains the GPS system, it is freely accessible to anyone with a GPS receiver. Overview The GPS project was started by the U.S. Department of Defense in 1973. The first prototype spacecraft was launched in 1978 an ...
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Saint Pierre And Miquelon
Saint Pierre and Miquelon ( ), officially the Territorial Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon (), is a self-governing territorial overseas collectivity of France in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean, located near the Canada, Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. An archipelago of eight islands, Saint Pierre Island, St. Pierre and Miquelon Island, Miquelon is a vestige of the once-vast territory of New France. Its residents are French citizens. The collectivity elects its own deputy to the National Assembly (France), National Assembly and participates in senatorial and presidential elections. It covers of land and had a population of 5,819 . Saint Pierre and Miquelon is an Overseas Countries and Territories, Overseas Country and Territory (OCT) of the European Union, although not an integral part of it. It is neither part of the Schengen Area, Schengen area, nor of the European customs territory. On the other hand, Saint Pierre and Miquelon is part of the Eurozone ...
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