Procurement of full Galileo system begins

Tuesday, July 1, 2008 - 07:49 in Astronomy & Space

Today, the European Commission - with the support of ESA - is launching the procurement of Galileo, a global navigation system composed of 30 dedicated navigation satellites and a ground infrastructure with the main control centres in Europe and a network of dedicated stations deployed around the world.

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