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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9084

8 December 2005
Contents Publication in full By article 27 / 36
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/galileo
Launch of first satellite and end of Karel Van Miert's mission

Brussels, 07/12/2005 (Agence Europe) - On 28 December, the satellite GIOVE-A will be the first satellite of the European satellite radio-navigation programme Galileo to be sent into orbit from the Baïkonour cosmodrome, the Transport Commissioner Jacques Barrot told the ministers for transport and the EU on 5 December. Mr Barrot also took the opportunity to praise the " skills as a negotiator and intermediary" of Karel Van Miert, who managed to obtain an agreement between the eight...

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