2019
EUTELSAT 5 West B successfully launched with EGNOS payload.
695 EGNOS based approach procedures are operational in 360 airports in 24 countries.
2018
Contract for EGNOS V3 is signed to ensure the provision of V3.0 and V3.1
2016
First EGNOS LPV-200 approach implemented at Charles de Gaulle Airport.
2015
LPV200 approved for use in aviation.
2014
EGNOS exploitation fully delegated from EC to GSA.
2013
Multi-annual EC budget approved for 2014-2020, including funding for EGNOS V3 development. New GNSS regulation, defining EGNOS should augment GPS and Galileo. GSA signs a €450 million contract for the provision of EGNOS services.
2012
GSA moves its headquarters to Prague.
2011
EGNOS Safety of Life signal certified for use in Aviation.
2010
Launch of GSA web portal for user communities and developers of applications
Conclusion of assessment phase for EDAS and the start of the service’s market phase
Safety-of-Life service launched after the Certification of the ESSP as Air Navigation Service Provider and the System Declaration of Verification.
2009
EGNOS Data Access Server (EDAS) service available as a beta test.
Assets transferred from ESA to the European Commission on behalf of the European Community. EGNOS operations, services provision and maintenance entrusted to ESSP SaS.
EGNOS OS declared operationally ready. Entry into operations of Open Service.
2008
Qualification of EGNOS v2.2, which allows the implementation of the Regional Extension Module concept for further extending EGNOS coverage, including to Africa.
EGNOS v2.2 deployed.
2006
EGNOS v2.1 is deployed, implementing the EGNOS Data Server which gives real time access to EGNOS Ranging and Integrity Monitoring Station (RIMS) measurements and message data to service providers. V2.1 also extends EGNOS coverage to the north of Africa.
2005
EGNOS version 1 (v1) starts initial operations phase by broadcasting a continuous signal
2003
Council of the European Union confirms that EGNOS is an integral part of Europe’s satellite navigation policy; EGNOS will be adapted as needed be to follow the SBAS International Civil Aviation Organisation international standard upgrades; and that services should be extended determinedly to other parts of the world in the long term.
First master control centre (MCC) was inaugurated at Langen, Germany.
First EGNOS test signals from space broadcast
1998
Launch of Inmarsat-3 F5 IOR-W (PRN 126), a telecommunications satellite carrying an EGNOS transponder.
EGNOS mission requirements are set.
1996
Launch of Inmarsat-3 F2 AOR-E (PRN 120), a telecommunications satellite carrying an EGNOS transponder.
1994
European Council approves the launch of the EGNOS programme.