Russia and EU step up satnav race

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Series Details 8.4.08
Publication Date 08/04/2008
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A space race between the European Union and Russia quickened on the 7 April 2008 with separate announcements of plans to speed up work on their respective satellite navigation systems.
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BBC News, 7.4.08: Galileo legal process ticks over http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7335833.stm
Russian Space Agency: GLONASS http://www.glonass-ianc.rsa.ru/pls/htmldb/f?p=202:1:2950882588137213715
European Commission: DG Energy and Transport: Galileo http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/energy_transport/galileo/index_en.htm
ESA: Satellite Navigation http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Navigation
Wikipedia: GLONASS (Global Navigation Satellite System) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GLONASS
Council of the European Union: Press Release: PRES/08/100 http://www.consilium.europa.eu/ueDocs/cms_Data/docs/pressData/en/trans/99802.pdf
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