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Asecna: opening a new era of satellite navigation performance augmentation in the Africa region

It provides the first African early SBAS open service

The Agency for Air Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar, ASECNA, has started to broadcast a SBAS (Satellite-Based Augmentation System) signal over Africa & Indian Ocean (AFI) region, providing the first SBAS open service in this part of the world via NIGCOMSAT-1R Satellite managed and operated by Nigerian Communications Satellite Ltd under Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy...

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Dakar, Senegal, 09/11/2020 13:05
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

AerospaceThales Alenia Space: study in satellite navigation services provision in Africa

Planned from 2022

The definition study for the satellite-based augmentation system “SBAS for Africa and Indian Ocean” took a major step forward, with validation of the system’s architecture and geographic coverage. This... more

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