Brussels, 28/12/2005 (Agence Europe) - Satellite 'Giove-A' has been launched to demonstrate key technologies needed for the sat-nax (satellite navigation) system Galileo, explained Galileo officials on 28 December. The 600 kg spacecraft was sent into orbit on a Russian Soyuz rocket from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, initiating a new era in EU satellite navigation. The EU hopes Galileo will give its independence in space-borne timing and location services independent of the United States' GPS system,...