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EGNOS Safety-of-Life signal finally available

Submit on Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011 22:57

The European Geostationary Navigation Overlay System (EGNOS) Safety-of-Life signal was formally declared available to aviation on 2 March. For the first time, space-based navigation signals have become officially usable for the critical task of vertically guiding aircraft during landing approaches.

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