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new EU satellite system to fine tune GPS

Oct 5, 2009 galileo, gps navigation, gps satellites, misc news

The European Union recently launched a satellite navigation network to fine tune U.S.’s world wide used GPS satellite accuracy from 10 meters down to 2 meters. The new solution will help pilots, motorists and even blind people.

The EGNOS system (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service) will utilize three satellites and 40 ground stations to narrow the horizontal accuracy and make some improvement over the vertical accuracy.

EGNOS will be paving the way for Galileo project, a European satellite system which will eventually stop EU’s dependency on U.S’s GPS satellites by 2014.

EGNOS is open to everyone with a GPS/SBAS compatible receiver and currently covers 27 EU countries.
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