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Old 2nd November 2005 | 07:24
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I read somewhere that some of the Galileo satellites were ready for launch...
In addition I read that GALILEO was meant to integrate NAVSTAR and GLONASS. This would lead to, I think, 80 satellites for civil use!!
There is sure to be a big market for GPS approaches in the emerging economies (e.g. I bet China is going to build a load of airports) but they will have no incentive to pay the Europeans when the American system is free.
Pound to a penny China uses GLONASS. I'm assuming that the Russian system is fit for purpose and that the reason why we are not using it is mostly political. When compared to NAVSTAR (US GPS), GLONASS provides much better coverage at higher latitudes.