22 June 2011 Updated at 10:51 ET
Europe's Galileo sat-nav in big cash boost
Jonathan Amos
Science correspondent, BBC News, Paris
The first Galileo satellites will be launched in October
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Sufficient savings have been found in Europe's Galileo sat-nav project for at least six additional spacecraft to be bought for the system before 2014.
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