Europe builds Galileo (better than GPS)

Galileo is becoming a reality. This joint initiative of the European Commission and the European Space Agency started its in-orbit verification phase with the launch of GIOVE-A in December 2005. Both the space-based transmission systems and the equipment responsible for receiving the signals on the ground are being tested and calibrated. After this phase, the real transition from theory to practice will come with the launch of four more satellites which will, once testing is complete, become part of the operational constellation.

Once the Galileo network of 30 satellites is complete, the system will be able to provide in full its many applications on and around the Earth. Accurate navigation and search and rescue operations are just two of many possible examples.

Credit: ESA (European Space Agency)
http://www.esa.int/esa-mmg/mmg.pl?b=b&type=V&single=y&start=108

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• EU
• europe
• GPS
• science
• satelite
• army
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• USA

[truevector]

the use of GPS is controlled by the US Army while Galileo is free to all. That means that the US-Army con constrain the use and could for example dedicate all satellites to rocket-tracking and render GPS useless to all other users.

As wuzi2008 says, Galileo is also much more accurate.

[timmo2k]

its because we get fed up of americans constantly telling us that they think theyre better than us, and it doesnt help that so many american tourists in europe are rude and unnapreciative. We dont care if your american, your the same as the rest of us, so dont rub it in our faces and just be normal....... and above all, please be polite when you visit.

[saucepan555]

This really doesn't sound much better than GPS for car travel.

[ML678v]

I have see a decomentary about galeleo and it was funny to see that American Governants have try eversing they can to make Europe change there mind about Building Galileo.

[SteZieYT]

It is normal for the Europe and countries like Germany are better than the U.S..

You mean the U.S. can indeed interfere anyway everywhere -.-

shit ey amis!

[iancucornel]

@95predator child, shut the fuck up, please

[95predator]

We have to love the US and not arabic dictators and chinese and north corean communist murderers

[95predator]

Europe and US are friends and I love the US except for bush, obama and the executions/prisons.

US liberated us from communism, and now communism comes back and you dont notify it.

[etetepete]

don´t know. i think people really got sick of the States in the past 10 years..

[Dhaune]

cuz of retarded agrressiv respectless americans