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Go to topicPresentation with English commentary about EGNOS, a revolutionary new navigation system, which will guide vehicles using satellite navigation. EGNOS is a joint ESA - European Commission and Eurocontrol project. EGNOS recieves signal from military GPS satellites and, using specialised hardware, adds a correction factor and surveys their reliability. The signal are then beamed back into space, and distributed by a system of 3 civilian satellites. In this way, high-quality navigation tracking information is made available to all vehicles fitted with ENOS-receiving equipment.
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Graphics of satellites and navigational processes
Soundbites (English) Hans Fromm Deputy Head, Satellite Navigation and Sally Basker from Booz allen and Hamilton.
Testing of EGNOS by carmaker FIAT in Turin.