Press Release: Galileo: Signature of major contract leading to initial services in 2014

The European Commission has announced the signing of a fourth contract, out of a total of six, for the procurement of full operations capability for Galileo, Europe’s global navigation satellite programme. The contract has been awarded to SpaceOpal GmbH - a joint venture created by DLR GfR (Germany) and Telespazio S.p.A (Italy) - for the operations of the space and ground infrastructure This will lead to the initial deployment and service provision of Galileo in 2014.