EGNOS – AFRICA
March 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE FIRST trials in African airspace of the European global navigation overlay service (EGNOS) have taken place (Feb 27-29) on board flights into the Senegalese capital of Dakar. The tests, staged by the European Space Agency (ESA), the European Commission, and ASECNA, (the aviation navigation safety agency for Africa and Madagascar), were carried out as a first phase of plans to install global navigation satellite system (GNSS) services over central Africa.Step one involves the deployment of mobile EGNOS test stations in the African and Indian ...
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