Cablegate: Europe’s ‘stupid’ satellite plan driven by French interests

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Series Details 18.1.11
Publication Date 18/01/2011
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EUObserver reports on a leak via Wikileaks in January 2010 which reports the views of the CEO of a German company working on the Galileo projects. He called Europe's Galileo satellite navigation system 'stupid', 'doomed to failure' and driven by French military interests.

Source Link Link to Main Source http://euobserver.com/9/31655
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ESO: Background information: Website: European GNSS Supervisory Authority (GSA) http://www.europeansources.info/record/european-gnss-agency-gsa/
Deutsche Welle, 20.1.11: German satellite boss sacked after WikiLeaks revelation http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,14772691,00.html
European Commission: Press Release: IP/11/42: Commission presents midterm review of European satellite navigation programmes Galileo and EGNOS http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/11/42&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
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