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Old 16th March 2007 | 22:55
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Wasn't the presently-orbiting satellite put up as a stop-gap to hold the frequency allocation? There was a "use or lose" deadline coming up and something had to be launched. It is definitely not part of the eventual Galileo constellation.
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