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Monday 13 February RNW - NEWS AND ANALYSIS FROM THE NETHERLANDS IN 10 LANGUAGES, WORLDWIDE 24/7 ON RADIO, TV AND ONLINE
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Galileo is here!

Published on : 5 March 2010 - 9:49am | By Vanessa Mock (Photo: RNW video)
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How the EU’s new satellite system Galileo will make life easier for motorists and pilots and even help farmers.

The global navigation system Galileo has taken ten years to build and has cost six billion euros. The completion of the project means that Europe is no longer dependent on the current US-built GPS system which is run by the military and may be shut down to the public in time of conflict.

Civilian system
Galileo is not a military, but a civilian system, intended for everybody all over the world. It offers many applications, including navigation, rescue and even farming.

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Anonymous 7 March 2010 - 4:30am / the world

March 07, 2010 From Liborio
It can be useful to adapt galileo to the black box of comercial aviation plane and turism vessels
the the rescues of both can be easy, and real time.

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