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Tuesday, March 26, 2019
The new version of the Service Definition Document (SDD) for the EGNOS Safety of Life service has been published today! The EGNOS Safety of Life service (SoL) supports safety-critical operations in the aviation domain such as Approaches with Vertical Guidance (APV-I) and Category I precision approaches. The SoL service area…
Friday, March 22, 2019
 GSA Operational Market Development Manager, Carmen Aguilera opened the workshop by presenting EGNOS and Galileo services and new demand in aviation, as well as upcoming R&D calls and funding opportunities. “EGNOS is providing services in all EU countries, and with new demands for both EGNOS and Galileo services, both…
Wednesday, March 20, 2019
The added value of EGNSS (Galileo and EGNOS) for drones was the focus of a special session organised by the European GNSS Agency (GSA) at this year’s World ATM Congress in Madrid on 12 March, at which representatives from several projects spoke about how they are benefitting from the European space programme. Opening the…
Monday, March 18, 2019
If you haven’t heard of the GPS Week Rollover and its potentially critical consequences, or haven’t taken any action, now it is the time to do so, and you can do it by reading this article. Due to this GPS event and its effects, explained hereinafter, EGNOS encourages all its users to check their GPS receivers.…
Wednesday, March 13, 2019
The European GNSS Agency (GSA) and the SESAR Deployment Manager (SDM) signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the World ATM Congress in Madrid on 13 March on future cooperation to modernise EU Air Traffic Management by leveraging Galileo and EGNOS. Both EGNOS and Galileo can support the modernisation of EU Air Traffic…
Tuesday, March 12, 2019
The European GNSS Agency (GSA) and the European Satellite Services Provider (ESSP) have launched the 2018 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…
Friday, March 08, 2019
CGEOS Creative Geosensing is a Belgian company specialized in engineering geodesy and high precision positioning applications. CGEOS was founded by Professor Joël van Cranenbroeck in January 2014, taking advantage of his long-term (more than 30 years) experience with GNSS technology acquired at the Belgian National Geographic…
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
The European GNSS Agency (GSA) is organising a workshop on EGNOS and Galileo services for aviation on March 13 as part of the World ATM Congress in Madrid. At the session, a number of speakers will discuss the current status of EGNOS and Galileo implementation in the sector, potential new services and will gather priorities for research and…
Monday, February 18, 2019
The new version v4.1 of the EGNOS Service Implementation Roadmaps has been released and they are now available at the EGNOS Service Implementation Roadmap section. These new versions provide a high-level overview of the expected evolution in the next three years for each of the EGNOS Services; Safety of Life (SoL), Open…
Monday, February 18, 2019
Since last December, the Helicopter RNP 0.3 routes based on EGNOS are displayed in the LPV Procedures Map with their associated waypoints and the list of operators using them. Required Navigation Performance (RNP) refers to the level of performance required for a specific procedure or a specific block of airspace. It is a…