Satellite navigation/Galileo & EGNOS
Satellite navigation services are the backbone of many of today’s activities. They are guiding you when you navigate thanks to an app on your smartphone or when delivery drones bring you your online order. But did you know they also support larger, more essential tasks, like our ability to run agricultural machinery or monitor wildlife species?
EUSP component | Satelite navigation
Satellite navigation provides precise positioning, navigation, and timing services. EU Space’s Galileo and EGNOS components deliver some of the best satellite navigation services currently in operation.
They support a wide range of applications, such as reliable guidance for our aircraft, fast transmission of alert messages from distress beacons to rescue teams, port entry assistance for ships, and much more. Whether it’s saving lives on remote mountains or at sea, or helping you get to work, Galileo and EGNOS are increasingly supporting everyday life in Europe.
Galileo is Europe’s Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). Its positioning, navigation and timing services are a mainstay of today’s global economy. In addition to powering the apps we use every day on our smart devices, it provides advanced services that support search and rescue operations, agricultural activities, maritime transport, and more.
The European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) was EU Space’s first venture into satellite navigation. This system significantly improves the accuracy of positioning signals and checks their integrity, triggering an alarm if information is unreliable. For this reason, EGNOS has become an important feature for safety-critical applications such as aviation and maritime navigation.