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A US/EU working group designed to enhance co-operation for the next generation GPS and Galileo has recently completed an assessment of the global, combined performance for GPS Space-Based Augmentation System (SBAS) receivers using the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) and the GPS Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) supporting safety-of-life applications.
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On 12 July the European Satellite Services Provider (ESSP SAS) received a certificate of Air Navigation Service Provider according to the Single European Sky Regulation 2096/2005.
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Einstein’s general theory of relativity, which deals with gravity, could be used to improve global navigation systems in the future. ESA’s Advanced Concepts Team has collaborated with the University of Ljubljana to research this possibility.

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