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Published online 20 October 2009 | Nature 461, 1039 (2009) | doi:10.1038/4611039a
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Europe's Galileo project gains ground
Long-troubled satellite-navigation system receives formal backing from European Commission president.
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Europe is inching closer to realizing its far-reaching plans for Earth-observing. Last week José Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission (EC), publicly confirmed his support for the Galileo and GMES satellite-navigation and Earth-monitoring programmes.
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