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Drive straight 200 meters. At the next crossroads, turn right.

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What's happening?

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Astra, the Sentinels, Galileo, Meteosat. These are Europe's existing and future satellite systems, our riches in space.

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Without them, our lives would be very different, our vision of the world much diminished.

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They are far distant, but bring us closer together.

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Every day we ask ourselves, what's tomorrow's weather?

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Day and night, meteorological satellites send us a complete atmospheric picture of the Earth.

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A depression or anticyclone becomes immediately visible as it forms and develops,

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something which is impossible to see from a single location on Earth.

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Satellites are part of our everyday lives.

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Today, the European GSM mobile telephone standard allows more than 2 billion people around the world to communicate.

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In the future, integration with satellite communication applications will revolutionize the way we use our mobiles

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and enable applications such as television by satellite to handsets.

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GNSS, Global Navigation Satellite Systems, have become indispensable for diverse fields, ranging from transportation to banking.

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The future European Galileo satellite positioning system will create major opportunities for the European economy

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by introducing new services for citizens.

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GNSS also provides safety and precision in flight.

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Never have air travelers been so safe.

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Emergency services guided by satellites save hundreds of lives every year.

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Satellites also help our armed forces on their peacekeeping and humanitarian missions.

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Climate change is a reality, and Europe leads the world in combating it.

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The European Initiative on Global Monitoring for Environment and Security will watch over the health and safety of our planet day and night.

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We will be rapidly informed of changes such as rises in the surface temperature of land and sea.

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We will be able to identify a region at risk and intervene rapidly to save lives.

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As the Earth's guardian angels, Earth observation satellites monitor the environmental impact of human activity,

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pollution, deforestation, desertification.

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They allow assessment of the state of our natural resources.

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Never before has information on our environment been so timely and reliable.

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For many populations on Earth, a lost harvest can be dramatic.

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From space, solutions emerge for problems as serious as poverty, malnutrition and famine.

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Satellites are precious allies in humanitarian aid.

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As a driver of research and innovation, European space helps to better understand the universe.

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It also has strategic importance.

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Space industry maintains Europe's industrial capacity at a highly competitive level.

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It creates new jobs, new services.

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Europe occupies a leading position in the space sector.

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Its highly competitive space industry successfully exploits commercial opportunities created by space applications.

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Its satellites are a guarantee of political and industrial autonomy, of Europe's independence and prosperity.

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Today, our planet, the blue planet, is a huge village where ideas can be exchanged and knowledge flourish without limits.

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The Europe of space is a reality.