Article: China plans to use Galileo satellite navigation system in 2008.

China plans to use Galileo satellite navigation system in 2008

Beijing, Dec 7 (PTI) China is gearing up to use the European Union's Galileo satellite navigation system in 2008, reducing dependence on the reigning global positioning system of the United States, the state media reported today.

The 30-satellite system, with a navigational fix accurate to within one metre, will provide safe, reliable and accurate navigational information for Chinese users in fields of civil aviation, railway, waterway and road transportation, according to a Sino-EU technology cooperation symposium in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province.

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