The first satellites for Galileo – Europe’s GPS – are launched from French Guiana on a Soyuz rocket.

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Galileo sat-nav rides into orbit

Sufficient savings are found in Europe’s controversial Galileo satellite-navigation project that should bring the completion date nearer.

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Big cash boost for ‘European GPS’

Europe will have to spend a further 1.9bn euros (£1.6bn) on top of the 3.4bn already committed to complete its Galileo satellite-navigation system.

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Galileo price rises 1.9bn euros

Two biographies consider the astronomer, physicist and philosopher Galileo Galilei, whose life story is full of puzzles.

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