GPS Kids | Contract Award Imminent for Galileo's Next Block of Satellites

Contract Award Imminent for Galileo's Next Block of Satellites

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An unconfirmed report claims that the European Commission and European Space Agency have awarded a contract for eight Galileo satellites to underdog bidder OHB Technology of Germany. However, this report has been privately denied and in fact refuted by an EC representative. The OHB-led consortium includes small-satellite specialist Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. of Britain, which built and continues to operate the GIOVE-A satellite, Galileo’s very first launch. The competing Astrium-Thales Alenia consortium built the second Galileo satellite now in orbit, GIOVE-B.

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