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Eurely and InavSat: a super-consortium to manage the Galileo satellite programme?

Brussels, Belgium - EU could select one of the two proposals ot opt for a merge which can favour the quality of the final product

European Union is forecasting to unveil the name of the winner to be the concessionary of the satellite programme related to the Galileo global positioning system, based on 30 satellites which are expected to enter service by 2008, by the end of this month. Nevertheless, EU Commission does not exclude another hypothesis concerning the future of the project. Although the Eurely (consisting in particular...

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Rome, Italy, 05/13/2005 14:14
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