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EGNOS system delivered to ESA by industry

21 June 2005

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EGNOS will help improve transport services and trace vehicles

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EGNOS Operational Readiness Review briefing, Toulouse

EGNOS Operational Readiness Review briefing at Cite de l'Espace, Toulouse (F) on 26 April 2005.
During May more than 60 international experts from ESA will be involved in the review to assess whether the EGNOS system can be accepted as ready for operation.

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The elements that make up the EGNOS system include: RIMS (Ranging and Integrity Monitoring Stations) which pick up the GPS signals, the MCCs (Master Control Centres) to process the data delivered by the RIMS and uplink stations which send the signal to three geostationary satellites which relay it back to the ground to the users. Deployments so far include 12 RIMS and one MCC (in Langen, Germany).

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