The 30-satellite network is meant to challenge the dominance of the US-built Global Positioning System (GPS), which is widely used in navigation devices in vehicles and ships.
The EU aims to have it up in space by 2013. Galileo’s 3.4-billion euro (5.4-billion dollar) budget has been divided into six segments with contracts for satellites, launchers, computer programmes, ground stations, control stations and the system’s operation. Read more: EU opens bidding for Galileo satnav network
Papias is considered to be a Greco-Roman Catholic saint and COG
leader–which faith did he seem to actually hold?
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Hierapolis, Turkey (Photo by Joyce Thiel) COGwriter The Catholics of Rome
consider February 22nd as the day to honor Papias of Hierapolis, whom they
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