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 * Article**:Seeking a Fix, by Russian Satellite; A Challenge to America's Global Positioning System
 * author:** ANDREW E. KRAMER
 * Date**:April 4, 2007, Wednesday


 * The three things i discovered:1)by reading the ar**tical i found out useful information about how Russia and US are in a fight about on satellite navigation and now Russia plans to launch eight navigation satellites by end of year.**2)**global market for devices hit $15 billion in 2006.**3)**European Union has also begun developing rival system, called Galileo.
 * The 2 things i found interesting:**one thing that i found interesting is that every country is in competition with satellites. another thing is that every country is going to set up more global positioning systems.
 * 1 question:**the one question that i have is why cant all the countries come together and make one satellite so that whey they wont compete


 * Article#2:**China Confirms Anti-Satellite Weapon Test, Says Nothing to fear
 * Author:**//Verna Yu
 * Date:**//