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Thursday, March 21, 2024
The European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA), together with European Satellite Services Provider (ESSP), held a two-day meeting in Dublin last week. More than 130 people participated from 23 different countries, including national air navigation service providers and authorities, civil…
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
EGNOS, Europe's regional satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS), is adding a new service to its repertoire: The EGNOS Safety of Life Assisted Service for Maritime Users (ESMAS). “Although GNSS is the primary means of obtaining positioning, navigation and timing information…
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
The European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) declared the new EGNOS Safety of Life (SoL) assisted service for MAritime userS (ESMAS). A new User Support Website for the service has been published and the former EGNOS User Support Website has been modified. The following changes…
Monday, November 27, 2023
The EGNOS User Satisfaction Survey aims at collecting valuable feedback from current and potential users. Continuing from the combined survey model launched last year (EGNOS and Galileo), this multiple-choice survey only takes a few minutes to complete but…
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
Access the new issue of the EGNOS Bulletin and read unique success stories about the use of EGNOS in various domains.
Our cover story is the successful case about the addition of new LPV-capable aircraft to the KLM fleet, The Netherlands flag carrier.
In this issue, you can also read the success…
Monday, October 16, 2023
Trains, contribute only 1% of transport-related pollution, compared to 71% for cars and 12% for airplanes. They can make a valuable contribution to the fight against climate change and in achieving the Commission’s pledge of climate-neutrality in Europe by 2050.
This, of course,…
Friday, October 06, 2023
In January 2023, the Lahti-Vesivehmaa Aerodrome (ICAO code: EFLA), located in southern Finland, two hours to the north of Helsinki, published the first LPV procedure to a Non-Instrument Runway End (NIRE) in Class G (uncontrolled) airspace in Europe; thus, becoming pioneers on the matter and paving…
Tuesday, August 29, 2023
The EGNOS geostationary satellite (GEO) ASTRA 5-B (GEO-2/PRN 123) has been introduced in the operational platform replacing satellite INMARSAT 4F2 (PRN 126), which has become part of the EGNOS TEST Platform broadcasting the TEST Signal-In-Space. With the successfully completion of the last…
Thursday, August 03, 2023
The EGNOS geostationary satellite (GEO) INMARSAT 4F2 (PRN 126) has been introduced in the operational platform replacing satellite ASTRA 5-B (GEO-2/PRN 123), which has become part of the EGNOS TEST Platform broadcasting the TEST Signal-In-Space. This current Space Segment configuration will last…
Monday, June 05, 2023
Launched onboard EUTELSAT’s Hotbird 13G satellite in November 2022 from Cape Canaveral, the EGNOS payload is ready to transmit the first EGNOS V3 test signals, as of Thursday, 1 June 2023. Placed in a geostationary orbit some 35,000 km away from the Earth, the payload underwent a rigorous testing…