So the French space agency has designed a mission, aptly named Picard, to return precise measurements of the sun's diameter and look for changes.

因此，法国航天局筹划发射一个任务卫星，用以测量太阳的精确直径并观测变化，而卫星的名字巧妙地命名为“Picard”。

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In the past few years French satellites have been hit several times with "dazzle" strikes from lasers in China, says Erwin Duhamel, head of security at the European Space Agency (ESA).

欧洲太空机构(ESA)的安全主管Erwin Duhamel称，过去几年，法国卫星被来自中国的激光“强光”攻击了数次。

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The Corot mission is led by the French space agency (CNES), with contributions from Esa, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Spain and Brazil.

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Quite how much time there was to act before conditions became intolerable was not yet clear, said Christophe Bonnal from the French space agency (Cnes).

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One of the shots released by the French space agency (Cnes) is of central Paris, showing the Louvre and the Place De La Concorde - "naturellement".

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