EGNOS Capability and Service Enhanced with Addition of New Generation Transponders
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The successful launch of new generation transponders for the EGNOS Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS) will pave the way for future services.
As part of the actions undertaken by the European Commission and the GSA to upgrade and maintain the EGNOS system, on 22 March two geostationary transponders – GEO-2 – were successfully launched on board the SES ASTRA 5B satellite from the European Space Port in Kourou, French Guiana. The new generation transponders will provide higher accuracy positioning signals to both citizens and professionals using EGNOS-enabled receivers and ensure the continuity and quality of the EGNOS open service and safety-of-life services for the next 15 years.
“The successful launch is an important achievement in view of the enhanced performance that EGNOS will provide both today and in the future,” says Carlo des Dorides, Executive Director of the GSA. “This will further expand the quality of the services provided by EGNOS.”
Together with the previous transponder replenishment on the SES-5 satellite launched in July 2012, GEO-2 will soon be introduced in current EGNOS operations and will support the new EGNOS generation (EGNOS V3). EGNOS V3 will provide dual-frequency signals on both bands L1 and L5 and augment both GPS and Galileo.
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