ESSP Initiates EGNOS Operations

The European Satellite Services Porvider (ESSP, Belgium) announced the start of the Inititial Operations Phase for EGNOS following the conclusion of negotiations between the European Space Agency (ESA, France) and the ESSP.
EGNOS (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service) is the European augmentation of GPS, broadcasting corrections, delivering enhanced performances to the users through geostationary satellites.
The Initial Operations Phase of EGNOS will ensure the broadcast of the EGNOS Signal in Space; during this phase EGNOS operations will be technically qualified and management responsibilities will be progressively transferred from ESA to the ESSP.