Introduction to the GSA and its mission Seminar on Europe’s satellite navigation programmes: EGNOS and Galileo. How are they benefitting Lithuania?

27 March 2019

Carlo des Dorides, GSA Executive Director

Our Mission

• Galileo & EGNOS Operations, Service Provision and Service Engineering

• Market Development of Galileo and EGNOS applications and receivers

191 Staff

21Nationalities

Gateway to Services

Gatekeeper of Security

• Security Accreditation

• Operation of Galileo Security Monitoring Centre, governmental service (PRS) activities

Prague, CZ Rep – HQSt. Germain en Laye, FR – GSMC

Torrejon, ES – GSMC Torrejon, ES – GSC

Noordwijk, NL – GRCToulouse, FR – EGNOSBrussels, BE – COMM

European GNSS Agency

The GSA is a European Union AgencyHow it fits in the EU structure

he GSA: governance summary

European Commission

Political Oversight

Programme Management

Working Arrangement

Council and European Parliament

European GNSS Programme Committee

European Commission

European Space Agency

Delegation and assistance

Security Accreditation Board

Administrative Board

Delegation

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Market Development

Security

GSMC operations

E-GNSS operations and service provision

EGNOS: fully available and serving EU citizens and industry for 10 years

Open Service (OS) Accuracy ~1m, freeAvailable since October

2009

Safety of Life Service (SoL)Accuracy ~1m, compliant to

aviation standards

Available since

March 2011

EGNOS Data Access Service (EDAS)

Accuracy <1m, corrections provided by terrestrial networks

Available since

July 2012

• Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS)

• Improves GNSS performance

• European coverage (under extension in other regions, e.g. North Africa)

• Available NOW, free of charge and widely adopted in off-the-shelf receivers EGNOS

SOON IN LITHUANIA!

Galileo: The EU’s independent global navigation system under civilian control

• Global navigation system “made in the EU”

• Fully compatible with GPS

• Open service free of charge, delivering dual frequencies

• Signal authentication will provide trust ability

Open Service (OS)Freely accessible service for

positioning and timing

Public Regulated Service (PRS)Encrypted service designed for greater robustness

and higher availability

Search and Rescue Service (SAR)Assists locating people in distress and confirms

that help is on the way

High Accuracy Service (HAS)Delivers authentication and high accuracy services

for commercial applications

Full Operational Capability

Enhanced Services

Initial Services

Galileo Initial Services launched in 2016

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2020

2019

Last Galileo launch:25 July 2018

4 satellites successfully launched from an Ariane 5 launcher.

2016

Galileo is implemented in a step-wise approach:

European GNSS is part of your life!

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GSA: Resources to support your needs

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Market and Technology Intelligence

Promote your Business

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Find Funding!

Prize Pool: EUR 1mln Submission phase: 01/05/2019 – 31/07/2019

Total budget 2015 – 2020: EUR 111,5 mln

Submission phase: 05/11/2019 – 05/03/2020

Total budget 2014 – 2020: EUR 80 bln

GSA: Linking Space to user needs

GSA Twitter - @EU_GNSSEGNOS Twitter - @EGNOSPortal

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