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Galileo Programme: ESA selected Turin for Precise Time Facility

Turin, Italy - It will be supplied by a consortium made up of public bodies, Alenia Spazio, Sepa, Sia and Altec

Turin Time Consortium, made up of Finpiemonte, Province, City and CCIAA of Turin, Istituto Galileo Ferraris, Politecnico di Torino, Torino Wireless Fundation, Alenia Spazio, Sepa, Sia and Altec SpA, awarded the order to accomplish the Precise Time Facility (PTF) for Galileo satellite programme, the new global positioning system which is expected to enter into competition with devices such as the US...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 124861
Rome, Italy, 08/03/2005 18:49
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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