Greek ferry voyage to test EGNOS, Europe’s new satellite navigation system
On Friday 16 March, a ferry will set sail from the port of Piraeus, bound for the Greek island of Santorini with some special passengers and navigation equipment on board.
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The EGNOS System Test Bed (ESTB), the first EGNOS prototype, has been available since early 2000 for navigation demonstrations and service trials. The ESTB Helpdesk, including an e-mail service, is fully operational since March 2001.
The ESTB provides a unique opportunity for validating and demonstrating new service and application developments in a realistic environment, in preparing for the EGNOS operations from 2004 onwards but also in getting ready for the initiation of the Galileo system later this decade. To support these initiatives, the European Space Agency has set-up an ESTB Helpdesk e-mail service (ESTB@esa.int). European Commission funding supports the development and operation of the EGNOS System Test Bed.
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The ESTB Helpdesk e-mail service is available for all current or future ESTB users as well as anyone else with an interest in state-of-the-art satellite navigation. The ESTB Helpdesk will respond to questions on the ESTB architecture and performance, EGNOS receivers, ESTB Signal in Space (SIS) status and on ESTB evolutions. Moreover, it will try to assist potential users in every possible way on how to exploit the ESTB for their specific application or service developments.
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EGNOS Test Bed joins forces with the Mediterranean Test Bed
The availability of the EGNOS test signal was extended last month when Inmarsat's Indian Ocean Region (IOR) satellite began broadcasting it over a large area including Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Russia, central Asia and India. Inmarsat's Atlantic Ocean Region East (AOR-East) satellite has been broadcasting the signal over a wide area of Western Europe for the past year. As well as extending signal coverage, the new availability allows users to receive signals from two different directions providing line-of-sight diversity and extra redundancy.
Road test for EGNOS, Europe’s new satellite navigation system
A Fiat car is putting a European satellite navigation system through its paces in Turin, Italy this week. EGNOS, which is being developed by a collaboration led by the European Space Agency, will be monitoring the car’s position on a map with an accuracy of close to one metre.
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