On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 23:11:00 GMT, druidh <[email hidden]>
wrote:
| When oh when will WAAS/EGNOS be usable??
Soon, or next year. :-( Where have I heard this before :-(
From uk.rec.gps
| <http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMFQA808BE_Improving_0.html>
|
| Initial operations for EGNOS
| 28 July 2005
|
| The European Satellite Services Provider (ESSP) has begun the Initial
| Operations Phase of the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay
| Service (EGNOS), following the successful conclusion of negotiations
| with the European Space Agency.
|
| During the Initial Operations Phase, the responsibility for providing
| the EGNOS signal and data will be transferred from the development
| agency (ESA) to the operator (ESSP). During this phase, the ESSP will
| technically qualify and optimise EGNOS operations.
|
| The EGNOS open service will be declared available in early 2006, once
| the operations have been proven to be stable and robust. The open
| service will be free of direct user charges and will support all except
| safety-of-life applications.
|
| The ESSP will work towards the certification of the EGNOS system by
| national regulatory authorities (for example, Civil Aviation
| Authorities) for use in safety-critical applications. This should enable
| EGNOS Safety-of-Life Services in 2007, following completion of the
| certification process.
|
| The ESSP has been created by the major European air navigation service
| providers - AENA (Spain), DFS (Germany), DSNA (France), ENAV (Italy),
| NATS (United Kingdom), NAV (Portugal) and skyguide (Switzerland). The
| mission of ESSP is to be the operator of the EGNOS system and the
| provider of EGNOS safety critical services.
|
| EGNOS is the European augmentation service for GPS (Global Positioning
| System) and GLONASS (Global Orbiting Navigation Satellite System). EGNOS
| transmits wide area differential and ionospheric corrections and
| associated integrity information to users by means of geostationary
| satellites, delivering enhanced navigation performance.
|
| EGNOS has been under design, development and progressive deployment
| since 1997, culminating in its industrial deployment with the success of
| the ESA milestone Operational Readiness Review (ORR) on 16 June 2005.
| The transition from the ORR to the Initial Operations Phase is a key
| step for the progression of European satellite navigation policy and its
| implementation.
|
| EGNOS is a joint project of the European Space Agency, the European
| Commission and Eurocontrol - the European Organisation for the Safety of
| Air Navigation. ESA is in charge of the system development and technical
| qualification. The system design and development has been carried out by
| an industrial consortium under the leadership of Alcatel Space.
|
| EGNOS is Europe's first step in satellite navigation, paving the way for
| Galileo, the future civil global positioning system.
|
| --
| Goalie of the Century
--
Dave Fawthrop <dave hyphenologist co uk>
"Intelligent Design?" my knees say *not*.
"Intelligent Design?" my back says *not*.
