European Satellite Services Provider
European Satellite Services Provider (ESSP) is a company set up to provide the EGNOS Open Service and Safety of Life Service compliant with ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices throughout the ECAC region, including the operations and technical management of EGNOS, the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service
The company was founded on April 4, 2001, transformed into ESSP SAS in 2008 and nowadays is based in Toulouse, France.
The company's shareholders are 7 key European 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) - 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