GALILEO
May 1st, 2002
BY ALAN OSBORNWITH the European Union's Pounds 2.2 billion Galileo satellite navigation system being given the final go-ahead by government leaders after long arguments over its cost, the European Commission is taking pains to promote its future usefulness to the airline industry. When deployed in 2008 Galileo will enable users to pinpoint their exact location at any time. According to the European Commission Galileo will be more accurate, more reliable and less prone to interference from the military than the American GPS system in use at present. It will ...
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