Neowin News Feed for: Galileo

First Galileo satellites launched, Europe's answer to GPS

Mike Brown — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:22:54 +0100

Galileo, the EU's global positioning system, came a step closer to reality today. The first two satellites were launched earlier, putting the project on target for its 2014 switch-on date. Read more...

Europe's Galileo system increases its budget by €1.9bn

Piers Hausjell — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 09:03:11 +0000

Since day one it has been a bumpy ride for Galileo, Europe's satellite navigation system. Wikileaks Cables caused Senior managers to be removed, the United States objected owing to fears of troops being attacked and... Read more...

Eclipse Galileo 2009

Asik — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:49:12 +0100

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Galileo, the 2009 release train, is the largest ever release from the Eclipse community, comprising 33 projects and over 24 million lines of code. Over 380 committers from 44 different organizations participated to make this... Read more...

EU Agrees to Fully Fund Galileo

Sagittarius — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 04:37:08 +0000

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European Union governments agreed Friday to jointly complete the development of the much-delayed Galileo satellite navigation project after mollifying Spain, which had demanded a bigger stake in the venture. Spain was the lone holdout in... Read more...

EU Says It Has Money to Salvage Galileo

Sagittarius — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:27:17 +0100

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In a follow-up to our previous story, Europe's proposed multibillion-dollar Galileo satellite navigation project could be salvaged with the help of unspent EU funds and without additional taxpayer money, the European Commission said today. The... Read more...

EU Searches for Galileo Funding Source

Sagittarius — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 23:33:39 +0100

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The European Union will decide this week where the €2.4bn shortfall in funding for the Galileo GPS satellite system will come from. A meeting on September 19th is expected to suggest that the cost is... Read more...

Galileo system 'in a deep crisis'

ltworf — Tue, 08 May 2007 15:44:11 +0100

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Europe's proposed satellite-navigation system, Galileo, will need more public funds if it is to be built. Hope is receding that a private consortium asked to run the system can end its infighting and meet a... Read more...