Cablegate: Europe’s ‘stupid’ satellite plan driven by French interests

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Series Details 18.1.11
Publication Date 18/01/2011
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EUObserver reports on a leak via Wikileaks in January 2010 which reports the views of the CEO of a German company working on the Galileo projects. He called Europe's Galileo satellite navigation system 'stupid', 'doomed to failure' and driven by French military interests.

Source Link http://euobserver.com/9/31655
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ESO: Background information: Website: European GNSS Supervisory Authority (GSA) http://www.europeansources.info/record/european-gnss-agency-gsa/
Deutsche Welle, 20.1.11: German satellite boss sacked after WikiLeaks revelation http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,14772691,00.html
European Commission: Press Release: IP/11/42: Commission presents midterm review of European satellite navigation programmes Galileo and EGNOS http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/11/42&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
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