Press Release: Commission launches EGNOS Open Service – free access to citizens and businesses

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Series Details IP/09/1399 (1.10.09)
Publication Date 01/10/2009
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The European Commission declared 1 October 2009 the official start of operations by EGNOS, the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service, with its Open Service now available for free to businesses and citizens. EGNOS is Europe's first contribution to satellite navigation and a precursor of Galileo, the global satellite navigation system that the European Union is developing.
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ESO: Background information: Website: European GNSS Supervisory Authority (GSA) http://www.europeansources.info/record/european-gnss-agency-gsa/
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