Summary
The European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) is Europe’s regional satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS) that is used to improve the performance of global navigation satellite systems (GNSSs), such as GPS and Galileo. It has been deployed to provide safety of life navigation services to aviation, maritime and land-based users over most of Europe.
Programme Description
The services will be progressively extended to the European Neighbourhood countries. Funding has already been allocated by the European Commission through the European Neighbourhood Instrument for infrastructure and technology development. Learn more about the EGNOS extension to the Eastern European Neighbourhood here.
EGNOS uses GNSS measurements taken by accurately located reference stations deployed across Europe. All measured GNSS errors are transferred to a central computing centre, where differential corrections and integrity messages are calculated. These calculations are then broadcast over the covered area using geostationary satellites that serve as an augmentation, or overlay, to the original GNSS message.
As a result, EGNOS improves the accuracy and reliability of GNSS positioning information, while also providing a crucial integrity message regarding the continuity and availability of a signal. In addition, EGNOS also transmits an extremely accurate universal time signal.
Benefiting numerous market segments
EGNOS is essential for applications where accuracy and integrity are critical. For example, in the aviation sector GNSS alone does not satisfy the strict operational requirements set by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) for use in such critical flight stages as final approaches. However, with the addition of EGNOS, which has been certified for civil aviation since 2011, systems such as GPS can satisfy ICAO standards.
Beyond the aviation sector, EGNOS improves and extends the scope of such GNSS applications as precision farming, on-road vehicle management and navigating ships through narrow channels – to name a few.
Today, EGNOS is benefiting numerous market segments, including aviation, road, rail, maritime, surveying/mapping, location-based services and agriculture.
Thematic Categories
- Information Technology
- Space
Eligibility for Participation
- Central Government
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- State-owned Enterprises
EU Contact Point
Contact form: https://www.euspa.europa.eu/about/contact
Programme/Sub-programme/Plan Calls
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Hybrid catalytic conversion of renewable energy to carbon-neutral fuels
ClosedCode: 13545 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-03-03 | Programme name: Galileo and EGNOS (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service) | Sub-program: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 02/09/2021 | End submission calls: 23/02/2022
Proposals under this call will develop hybrid catalytic conversion processes, combining chemical, electrochemical, biological, biochemical and thermochemical catalytic processes to convert renewable energy to carbon-neutral renewable fuels of biological or non-biological origin (other than hydrogen), and which respond to longer-term future demands for high energy density carriers in sectors relying on liquid fuels.
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Acceleration of EGNOS Adoption in Transport
ClosedCode: 3668 | Identifier Code: GSA/GRANT/01/2021 | Programme name: Galileo and EGNOS (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service) | Start submission calls: 29/03/2021 | End submission calls: 19/07/2021
The European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Agency (GNSS) is launching a call for proposals to increase EGNOS adoption in aviation, inland waterways and railway.