Brussels, 02/02/2012 (Agence Europe) - When the first Galileo satellites were launched in October 2011, the European commissioner for industry, Antonio Tajani, had promised to speed up signature of contracts for the next purchases of satellites and launchers. On Thursday 2 February, this has now been done. The companies awarded contracts are OHB Systems AG, Arianespace and Astrium SAS.
Antonio Tajani said: “For Galileo, today's signing signifies the concrete roll-out of the programme is...