European Commission: Complete Galileo

By Michael A. Taverna

PARIS — The European Commission (EC) says it is happy with progress made in developing Europe’s Galileo satellite navigation system and will commit to seeing the 30-spacecraft constellation through to completion, even though doing so will hike the cost more than 50%.

In a long-awaited midterm review, the EC notes that Galileo has passed a number of milestones in the past year that ...

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