Article: 2nd LD: EP gives final okay to Galileo satellite navigation system

2nd LD: EP gives final okay to Galileo satellite navigation system

STRASBOURG, France, April 23 (Xinhua) -- The European Parliament (EP) gave its final approval Wednesday to the European satellite navigation system Galileo.

It was adopted by a vote of 607-36 with 8 abstentions at the plenary session of the EP.

The 30-satellite project, at a cost of 3.4 billion euros, is expected to be operational by 2013. To date only one Galileo satellite is in space. A second experimental satellite will be launched from Kazakhstan on April 27.

"Galileo will be the first common European infrastructure," said parliament's rapporteur Etelka Barsi-Pataky from Hungary.

"Galileo and EGNOS are made-in-Europe ...

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