The Technical Implementation of a Common European Programme for Satellite Navigation

Andrew Watt and John Storey

Abstract:	A Tri-Partite Group of EUROCONTROL, the European Space Agency and the European Commission is finalising a common programme to implement satellite navigation in Europe. This programme will be multi- modal and multi-sectorial in its scope and will cover first and second-generation Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSSl and GNSS2). It shall be accessible to all potential users and will form a major part of Europe’s overall contribution to the world-wide im- plementation of GNSS. Initial work has concentrated on preparing the successful proposal to Inmarsat to lease transponders for a European Geostationary Navi- gation Overlay Service (EGNOS) which will form a component of GNSS 1. Work on other augmentations to GPS and GLONASS within GNSSl continue while studies on GNSM have already started. ESA, EURO- CONTROL and national regulatory authorities are al- ready discussing how to certificate GNSS as a total system. In parallel, a GNSS test and validation strategy is being prepared towards which activities already un- der way are being oriented.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 1995 National Technical Meeting of The Institute of Navigation January 18 - 20, 1995 Disneyland Hotel Anaheim, CA
Pages:	63 - 70
Cite this article:	Watt, Andrew, Storey, John, "The Technical Implementation of a Common European Programme for Satellite Navigation," Proceedings of the 1995 National Technical Meeting of The Institute of Navigation, Anaheim, CA, January 1995, pp. 63-70.
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