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Space News

ESA boss to stay on?
04/06/2010

Jean-Jacques Dordain, the boss of the European Space Agency (ESA), could be heading for another period in office.

Ukraine & Russia to sign GLONASS development deal
14/05/2010

Both governments are to sign an agreement on the use and development of the satnav system.

Galileo IOV model completes preliminary testing
11/05/2010

ESA has announced that the Engineering Model for the Galileo In-Orbit Verification satellites has completed preliminary tests.

A GPS for £9
02/05/2010

Illustrating how the cost of GPS receivers has dropped, a Bluetooth GPS unit can now be bought in UK for £8.99.

Ten years of undegraded GPS
01/05/2010

10 years ago today - on 1 May 2000 - the US removed 'Selective Availability' (SA) from GPS transmissions.

First Galileo flight payload delivered
27/04/2010

Billed as a 'major milestone', the payload for the first operational Galileo satellite is being delivered.

ESA boss to stay on?

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Jean-Jacques Dordain, the boss of the European Space Agency (ESA), could be heading for another period in office.

It is understood both Germany and France, the organisation's leading member-states, are proposing he should carry on in the post beyond 2010.

The Frenchman assumed the role of director general in 2003, and is coming to the end of his second term.

During his time at the helm, ESA has launched a swathe of Earth observation spacecraft and interplanetary probes.