First satellite contracts for Galileo system awarded

Contracts for the first satellites to be built for Europe's Galileo satellite navigation system were signed July 11, the European Space Agency (ESA) said. The contracts are for two experimental satellites, forerunners of the system's in-orbit validation phase. One is to be launched in 2005 to secure...

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