📋 Tender Overview
The Air Navigation Agency for Africa and Madagascar ASECNA which brings together 18 African States in collaboration with NIGCOMSAT and Thales Alenia Space provides the first open African BSAS service thus initiating a new era in the field of performance enhancement. of satellite navigation in Africa and the Indian Ocean.Launched on September 11 ASECNA NIGCOMSAT Ltd and Thales Alenia Space take a crucial step forward in providing satellite navigation services in the African and Indian Ocean region. ASECNA started the transmission of SBAS Satellite-Based Augmentation System signal over Africa and the Indian Ocean thus providing the first open SBAS service in this part of the world through the NIGCOMSAT-1R satellite managed and operated by Nigerian Communications Satellite Ltd. under the authority of the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy of Nigeria.This first open service is available in the SBAS for Africa and Indian Ocean program which aims to autonomously provide SBAS services on the continent in order to increase the positioning performance provided by the GPS satellite navigation constellations. and Galileo. These SBAS services will improve the safety and efficiency of flights in Africa.They will also benefit many economic fields such as maritime rail and land transportation and consumer applications promoting user safety economic efficiency and sustainable development. The main objective of the open service that has been issued is to carry out technical tests and carry out in collaboration with partner airlines field demonstrations for airplanes and helicopters in order to demonstrate the benefits of future SBAS services for safeguarding. of human life expected from 2024
