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EGNOS: a European satellite system to increase flight safety over the African continent

Brussels, Belgium - Tests in Africa to begin next week

European Commission, ESA (European Space Agency) and Eurocontrol are promoting a composite satellite programme which will be operated starting next year and it will be able to prove particularly useful for air navigation over the African continent. It deals with EGNOS (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service), a system which should perform over such a continent something much similar to what...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 120755
Rome, Italy, 05/19/2005 16:35
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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