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  • Artist's concept of a Galileo satellite
    Astronomy
    Britain pursuing GPS alternative to EU's Galileo program
    After months of speculation, the British government has committed itself to developing an alternative satellite system if negotiations over the EU's Galileo system fail and has announced that it has begun A £92 million study to begin design and development of a sovereign British navigation system.