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The Galileo system will be made up of 30 satellites beaming navigation signals to ground-control centers in the EU. Spain had been blocking a deal on how the system would be run, demanding to host one of the centers, but a compromise has now been reached allowing the multi-billion-dollar project to move ahead. But it's already running five years behind schedule. It's meant to be up and running by 2013, but analysts say by then the American global positioning system may have already established on an unassailable grip on the satellite navigation industry. |