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News: Galileo Gets The Green Light

pocketgpsworld.com It has been a very long time in coming but this week the EU finally agreed to commit funding to the Galileo GPS system.

This £2+ billion pound project, projected to be operational by 2013, had been in limbo for some time with initial proposals that funding come from private investment proving to be unrealistic. The funds have been found from unused farming subsidies.

But not everyone is happy, the agreement was made without Spain's backing. Spain had wanted a greater degree of involvement and demanded a ground control station on its territory. Ground stations in Munich and Rome have been agree but the EU could not justify the expense of a third as Spain had

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Posted on Friday, November 30 @ 10:43:48 UTC by Darren Griffin

 
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