final approval of the Galileo satellite navigation project, agreeing to make system procurement competitive wherever possible and overcoming Spanish objections over work-share distribution. Meeting ...

PARIS — In July 2008, the European Commission told its 27 member governments that it would cost 700 million euros — $1 billion at current exchange rates — to launch about 28 Galileo navigation and ...

In this two-hour special, NOVA celebrates the story of the father of modern science and his struggle to get Church authorities to accept the truth of his astonishing discoveries. The program is based ...

Europe’s Ariane 6 successfully launched two Galileo satellites from Kourou, strengthening the EU’s navigation constellation ...

The European Parliament gave its backing to the Galileo satellite program today, as the European commissioner for transport, Loyola de Palacio, prepares for a trip to Washington to discuss Europe’s ...

European governments have agreed to launch the long-delayed Galileo space program. Galileo is seen as a potential rival to the United States military's GPS global satellite positioning system. The ...

Giove-B, the second and last test satellite, will test the atomic clock and signal transmission of Europe's troubled satellite navigation program. Jennifer Guevin was a managing editor at CNET, ...

Ariane Flight VA233 carrying four European Galileo navigation satellites launches Nov. 15, 2016, in Kourou, French Guiana. (Stephane Corvaja/European Space Agency via Getty Images) LONDON and SIMI ...