European Satellite Services Provider

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"ESSP" redirects here. For the airport with this ICAO airport code, see Norrköping Airport.

European Satellite Services Provider (ESSP) is a company set up to operate the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS).

The company was founded on April 4, 2001 and is based in Brussels.

The company's shareholders are Air traffic control service providers:

• AENA - Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea (Spain)
• DFS - Deutsche Flugsicherung (Germany) - de.wikipedia article Official site
• DSNA - Direction des Services de Navigation Aérienne (France)
• ENAV - L'Ente Nazionale Assistenza al Volo (Italy) - it.wikipedia article Official site
• NATS - National Air Traffic Services (United Kingdom)
• NAV - Navegação Aérea de Portugal (Portugal) - Official site
• Skyguide - Schweizerische Aktiengesellschaft für zivile und militärische Flugsicherung (Switzerland) de.wikipedia article Official site

On July 28, 2005, it was announced that the transfer of EGNOS operations from the development agency (European Space Agency) to ESSP had begun.

[edit] External links

• Official web site
• Press release on the transfer of EGNOS operations from ESA to ESSP
• Infoportal about satellite navigaton system "Galileo"