European Satellite Services Provider

ESSP is a private pan-European Air Navigation Service Provider certified by EASA. Its core business is the provision of Pan-European space-based Communication, Navigation and Surveillance (CNS) services, and it is the EGNOS Service Provider. ESSP was founded in 2001 and initially formed as a European Economic Interest Grouping (EEIG); in 2008 it was transformed into ESSP SAS and moved its headquarters from Brussels to Toulouse, with a second base in Torrejón de Ardoz (Madrid). Its members are seven key European Air Navigation Service Providers.

European Satellite Services Provider (ESSP) was founded in 2001 and initially formed as a European Economic Interest Grouping (EEIG), a legal entity appropriate for the development phase of the company that allowed ESSP to partake in the EC's EGNOS programme. In 2008, ESSP was transformed into a new company of limited liability, ESSP SAS (Société par Actions Simplifiée), and moved headquarters from Brussels to Toulouse, where Operations, Engineering, Safety, and Security units are located, and to Torrejón de Ardoz (Madrid), where Service, Provision and Promotion units are based. ESSP owns an Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP) certificate and is under continuous oversight by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).

Private pan-European Air Navigation Service Provider and EGNOS Service Provider delivering safe and secure space-based services.

• EGNOS services

  EGNOS is the European regional Satellite Augmentation System (SBAS) used to improve the performance of global navigation satellite systems (GNSS). ESSP delivers the EGNOS services, enabling safer and more accurate user-positioning than GPS-only signals.

• EDAS

  EDAS provides in real-time via the internet to registered users GNSS raw-data and the EGNOS messages.

• Aviation Consultancy Services

  ESSP provides tailored technical solutions for PBN implementation, supporting ANSPs, CAAs, NSAs and airport operators.

• Iris service

  ESSP operates, provides, and leads the Iris service commercialisation to European ANSPs. Iris delivers high-bandwidth, cost-effective satellite-based data link communications for global ATM modernization.

1. 1European Satellite Services Provider | ESSP-SASessp-sas.eu
2. 2Who we are. The ESSP in brief | ESSP-SASessp-sas.eu
3. 3Our services | ESSP-SASessp-sas.eu
4. 4Consultancy Services | ESSP-SASessp-sas.eu
5. 5European Satellite Services Providerwikidata.org