EGNOS GEO-4 services from Eutelsat Hot Bird 13G satellite

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Service EGNOS GEO-4 will have a satellite Eutelsat Hot Bird 13G (13 °) . The European GNSS Agency (GSA) has selected the French satellite operator Eutelsat Communications to develop, integrate and operate the next generation EGNOS GEO-4 service. 4 satellites of this system are already in orbit: Inmarsat-4F2 (63.9 ° E), GEO-1 (SES-5 - 5 ° E), GEO-2 (Astra 5B - 31.5 ° E), GEO-3 (Eutelsat 5WB - 5 ° W).

The contract agreed between Eutelsat and GSA covers 15 years of work and amounts to a total of EUR 100 million , of which EUR 85 million is the financing of the EGNOS program from the European Union budget for 2021-2027. EGNOS ( European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service) is a European geostationary navigation overlay service that acts as an extension service for global positioning systems to increase the reliability of position information. This provides a key integrity report that is essential in aviation where the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) itself does not meet the stringent operational requirements set by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). This is especially important during critical phases of flight such as the final approach. Other modes of transport, including sea and rail, use this EGNOS Safety of Life service. EGNOS also increases positioning accuracy in other terrestrial applications, notably agriculture, geomatics and land management. Eutelsat already supports EGNOS GEO-3 services on the Eutelsat 5 West B (5 ° W) satellite , which entered service in February 2020. The Eutelsat Hot Bird 13G satellite, which will run EGNOS GEO-4 services, is to be built by Airbus Defense and Space. The Eutelsat Hot Bird 13G satellite was last launched from the Kourou spaceport with a new French Ariane 64 rocket in the first half of 2022.

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