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Artist's impression of a Galileo satellite. The project's headquarters are in Prague (Photo: European Space Agency/Pierre Carril)

EU tug of war over Prague-based space agency

Members of the European Parliament will discuss a proposal on Monday (8 October) that would increase the roles of an EU satellites agency - and could lead to a possible institutional clash with the independent European Space Agency.

The plan comes from the European Commission, and it would rebrand the European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Agency into a European Union Agency for the Space Programme – which sounds very similar to 'European Space Agency'.

"The European Space A...

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