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Wednesday, May 12, 2021
The European Union Agency for the Space Programme, EUSPA, is launched today marking the start of a new era for EU Space. Building on the legacy of the European GNSS Agency, EUSPA will take on more responsibilities to create even more opportunities from Space for EU citizens and its economy.
The adoption of the Regulation...
Thursday, May 6, 2021
From 2017 to the present, the number of EGNOS LPV procedures published at European aerodromes has grown by 85%, and will continue to increase in the coming years as the different stages in the so called PBN implementing rule are accomplished. The business aviation industry, which has always been pioneering in the implementation of...
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
The new version of the Service Definition Document (SDD) for the EGNOS Safety of Life service (SoL) is published!
The EGNOS SoL service supports safety-critical operations in the aviation domain such as Approaches with Vertical Guidance (APV-I) and Category I precision approaches.
In this version, the SoL service region actively pursued by...
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
The European GNSS Agency (GSA) has launched a new Call for Proposals for the “Acceleration of EGNOS Adoption in Transport”. The objective of the Call is to foster EGNOS uptake in the European aviation, maritime, inland waterways and railway sectors. The deadline for submissions is 19 July 2021. An informative webinar on the call will be...
Wednesday, April 7, 2021
The EGNOS SERVICE STATUS SESSION 2020 celebrated within the online edition of the EUROPEAN SPACE WEEK 2020 focused on specific segments where the EGNOS market expansion is remarkable.
This 2 hour session included information on the status and roadmap of the EGNOS Programme, the evolution of its expansion and...
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
The EGNOS bulletin Spring’21 edition is now available including information to access the presentations and videos shown during the EGNOS Session held within the EUROPEAN SPACE WEEK 2020 as well as a brief summary of each UCP (User Consultation Platforms) by market segment.
This issue brings you the latest and most...
Wednesday, March 17, 2021
The European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) Safety of Life (SoL) Service is celebrating its 10th Anniversary. Since it was declared operational in March 2011, the EGNOS SoL Service has been supporting civil aviation by enabling approaches down to LPV (Localiser Performance with Vertical guidance) minima at airports...
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
The European GNSS Agency (GSA) has selected Eutelsat Communications for the development, integration and operation of its next-generation EGNOS GEO-4 service. The contract agreed between Eutelsat and GSA covers 15 years of service provision and represents a total value of EUR 100 million.
The contract signed between the GSA...
Thursday, January 7, 2021
The EGNOS App has just been updated to version 2.2.0! This recent release comes with a brand new functionality: Satellite finder.
Within this new feature, we place at your disposal all the information concerning EGNOS and GPS satellites at your current location. Just point with your camera to the sky and get the different...
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
The European GNSS Agency (GSA) and the European Satellite Services Provider (ESSP) have launched the 2020 edition of its EGNOS User Satisfaction Survey. This survey will provide a better understanding of the value of EGNOS to end users and help ensure that future evolutions of the system continue to meet users’ needs.
Users...