EU launches Galileo satellite, challenging US
The first Galileo navigation satellite was launched on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur cosmodrome on Wednesday. The system will challenge the U.S.
GPS system.
The Giove-A is the first satellite in the EU's £2.4 billion Galileo program. It is build by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd of University of Surrey.
A plaque is attached to the side of Giove-A as a tribute to a young aerospace engineer who worked on the project and was killed in last year's Indian Ocean tsunami.
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