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BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Galileo 'pathfinders' take shape

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Nov 12, 2009, 2:11:40 PM11/12/09

The Galileo satellite-navigation system is coming.

After all the wrangling, the delays and the furore over cost, Europe's
version of GPS is finally starting to take shape.

In an industrial cleanroom in southern England, engineers are reaching
key milestones in their preparation of four satellites.

It will be these In-Orbit Validation (IOV) models which will prove the
Galileo concept.

Due for launch in pairs in late 2010 and early-2011, the "pathfinders"
will form a mini-constellation in the sky.

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