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China also subscribes the Galileo programme

Beijing, China - It will aid by an EUR 200m grant

Signing in Beijing the last October 9, the agreement with European Union, during the visit of the French president Jacques Chirac which have inaugurated the French culture year in the Rising Sun country, China has officially subscribed the Galileo plan, about the new satellite global navigation and positioning system. The Beijing government should have to grant for the plan development near EUR 200m,...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 105026
Rome, Italy, 10/11/2004 20:51
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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