Green light for Galileo: A happy ending is in sight for the European Union's long-running space saga

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Brussels, Belgium At last it appears to be all-systems go for the Galileo satellite system after countries in the European Union unanimously agreed to go ahead with the project. The announcement in late-November came after years of political wrangling about who would run the satellite constellation, and how it would be funded. Indeed, the Euro 3.4 billion system appeared to have crashed and burned in mid-2007 when a group of private contractors withdrew following concerns about the commercial potential.