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Published online 22 October 2008 | Nature 455, 1013 (2008) | doi:10.1038/4551013a
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Cash row threatens Earth-monitoring system
Europe's flagship Kopernikus mission faces potential delays.
An ambitious European proposal to launch an orbiting Earth-monitoring system called Kopernikus is facing possible delays to the launches of its component satellites after Italy and France demanded that costs be cut. A flurry of negotiations is under way to try to hammer out a compromise before a crucial meeting of the European Space Agency (ESA) from 25 to 26 November, at which the future of the project will be decided.
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