November 08, 2004
India agrees to be a part of the Galileo satellite system

India Agrees to Join EU Satellite Navigation Plan (Reuters)

The EU is going to launch a system of 27 satellites which will be a European version of the already existing U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS). The EU is also in talks with China, Israel, Russia, Brazil, South Korea, Mexico and Australia to be a part of the project.

India pledged on Wednesday to strike a deal soon on joining the European Union's multibillion-dollar satellite navigation system project, but it declined to spell out how much it would invest.

This agreement "would guarantee highest-quality signals over Indian territory."

I don't understand this part:

India had originally spoken of contributing 300 million euros to the project but the EU officials said it was now more likely to be 150-200 million.

So the EU wants less money than India offered? That's a little bit odd.

But India being a part of Galileo is very cool.

Posted by Harshal at November 08, 2004 05:03 PM


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I don't think the EU wants less. Its more a case of the government talking big (as usual)... and bringing less to the table.

Posted by: Jamal on November 11, 2004 02:53 AM

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