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2. Comparison of free off-line satellite navigation software

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   This article contains a list with gratis (but not necessarily open source) satellite navigation (or "GPS") software for a range of devices (PC, laptop, tablet PC, mobile phone, handheld PC (Pocket PC, Palm)).

3. Google Earth - Wikipedia

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   Google Earth is a web and computer program that renders a 3D representation of Earth based primarily on satellite imagery.The program maps the Earth by superimposing satellite images, aerial photography, and GIS data onto a 3D globe, allowing users to see cities and landscapes from various angles.

4. Pléiades (satellite) - Wikipedia

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   The Pléiades system was designed under the French-Italian ORFEO Programme (Optical and Radar Federated Earth Observation) between 2001 and 2003. [2]The Pléiades programme was launched in October 2003 with CNES (the French space agency) as the overall system prime contractor and EADS Astrium as the prime contractor for the space segment.

5. Category:Satellites of France - Wikipedia

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6. Canal+ (streaming service) - Wikipedia

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   Digital satellite provider CanalSatellite was launched as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Groupe Canal+ on 6 December 1991. [2] [3] The shareholders were Canal+ (66 percent) and Lagardère Active (34 percent), a subsidiary of Lagardère. [citation needed] Canal+ began satellite broadcasting in 1992, to reach parts of France not covered by cable. [4]

7. Helios 2 (satellite) - Wikipedia

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   The Helios 2 system, which consists of the Helios 2A and Helios 2B, is a French-developed military Earth observation satellite program. [1] Financed at 90% by France, the development also involved minor participation from Belgium, Spain, Italy and Greece. [2] Helios 2A was launched on 18 December 2004 by an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana. [3]

8. Astérix (satellite) - Wikipedia

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   With Astérix, France became the sixth country to have an artificial satellite in orbit after the USSR (Sputnik 1, 1957), the United States (Explorer 1, 1958), the United Kingdom (Ariel 1, 1962), Canada (Alouette 1, 1962), and Italy (San Marco 1, 1964). France also became the third country after the USSR and US to launch a satellite on its own ...

9. Google Maps - Wikipedia

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   Google Maps first started as a C++ program designed by two Danish brothers, Lars and Jens Eilstrup Rasmussen, and Noel Gordon and Stephen Ma, at the Sydney-based company Where 2 Technologies, which was founded in early 2003.