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In September 2002, China and Europe signed a cooperation agreement on chines participation in Galileo. This has already lea to the opening of a joing office in Beijing, and to first field trials of European satellite navigation technology in China.
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EGNOS in CHINA Version française
ESA pictures taken in Wuhan, China (2004):- Yellow Crane Tower- Yangtze river- Ferry for EGNOS trials on Yangtze River- Engineers working on EGNOS dynamic trials Wuhan au cÏur de la Chine. Depuis toujours la Tour de la Grue Jaune, monte la garde au- dessus du Yang Tze. Mais aujourd'hui le grand fleuve chinois est recouvert par le brouillard, ce qui ne simplifie gu?re la navigation fluviale tr?s intense dans ce grand port de quelques 7 millions d'habitants.Cependant ce ferry peut avancer en toute confiance.Il est ?quip? d'un r?cepteur qui int?gre le signal EGNOS, le service europ?en de navigation par satellite.EGNOS corrige et am?liore les donn?es fournies par le GPS, syst?me am?ricain de positionnement global.Sur le YangTze, ce sont l? les premiers essais dynamiques en collaboration entre ing?nieurs de l'Agence spatiale europ?enne et homologues chinois de l'institut de g?ologie et d'autres organismes scientifique.
ESA ITW -2004 ITW Professor Zhang ShufangSatellit