Press Release: EGNOS Capability Enhanced with Addition of New Generation Transponders

The successful launch of new generation transponders for the EGNOS Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS) in March 2014 2014 will pave the way for future services.

EGNOS, the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service, is Europe’s first venture into satellite navigation and a major stepping-stone towards Galileo, Europe’s future global satellite navigation system.

EGNOS is owned by the European Union and, since 1 January 2014, its operations and service provision are provided
by the European GNSS Agency (GSA).

• Primary Source

ESA: About us: Our Activities: EGNOS http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Navigation/EGNOS/What_is_EGNOS

Wikipedia: European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Geostationary_Navigation_Overlay_Service

http://egnos-portal.gsa.europa.eu/ http://egnos-portal.gsa.europa.eu/

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