BBC Report - UK presses private Galileo role

The UK says it still believes the private sector should share the risk and the cost of developing Europe's satellite-navigation system, Galileo.

The multi-billion-euro project has been beset with delays and a budget overrun and in May, the European Commission abandoned negotiations with a private consortium to help it build the system.

But new UK transport minister Rosie Winterton said the commercial sector should still have a role in developing the new sat-nav service.

Ms Winterton paid tribute to Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd, the small company that had built the first Galileo test spacecraft, which has been operating perfectly in orbit for more than 18 months.

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