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Eight more Galileo navsats agreed

2 February 2012 ESA today signed a contract to build a further eight Galileo satellites, alongside other agreements to modify Europe’s Ariane 5 launcher to carry four navigation satellites at a time.

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Opening of UK site producing the heart of Galileo

25 January 2012 The first Galileo satellites are already in orbit, with more on the way. Today ESA’s Director General and the UK’s Universities and Science Minister attended the grand opening of the facility where navigation payloads for the next batch of Galileo satellites are being built.

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ESA guides global satnav augmentation gathering

19 January 2012 Programme managers and technical experts overseeing four of the world’s regional satellite navigation augmentation systems met this week, with ESA coordinating the participation of stakeholders in Europe’s own EGNOS system.

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Europe’s navigation pioneer GIOVE-A celebrates sixth birthday in space First Galileo satellite producing full spectrum of signals Steering aircraft with satellites: EGNOS extends its reach First laser measurements of Europe's Galileo satellites made from Chile Galileo in tune: first navigation signal transmitted to Earth

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Soyuz-Galileo IOV launch website