NOMINEE TRANSPORT COMMISSIONER SAYS GALILEO SATELLITE LAUNCHES MUST BE DELAYED AFTER RUSSIAN ROCKET ERROR
September 1st, 2014
THE SLOVAK diplomat nominated to become the next European Union (EU) transport commissioner has told MEPs he wants to postpone further launches of Galileo satellites until an inquiry reveals why the first two were left in the wrong orbit.Maroš Šefčovič, currently the EU’s inter-institutional relations and administration commissioner, told a European Parliament confirmation hearing for his new job that “we need to take care of the technical glitches” for the EUR8 billion-plus project.The errors left the first two Galileo satellites, launched on August ...
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