The GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite Systems) laboratory is involved in the following projects:

• the Galileo global navigation system,
• positioning measurements and defining the national reference frame with GNSS technology,
• monitoring the quality of EGNOS (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service) corrections as part of the EGNOS SPMS (Service Performance Monitoring Support) project,
• monitoring and analysis of the Galileo system as part of the GRC-MS (Galileo Reference Centre – Member States) project.

GALILEO

In 2009, a new GESS+ (Galileo Experimental Sensor Station) was installed at the Space Research Centre PAS. After few months of testing observed data quality, the station was included in the global monitoring network of GIOVE (Galileo In-Orbit Validation Element) satellites.

Each week, ESA–ESTEC (European Space Agency – European Space Research and Technology Centre) generates reports on the status of stations and observation data quality for GPS and Galileo signals.

In the context of monitoring the Galileo system, the Space Research Centre PAS is participating in the EUSPA (European Union Agency for the Space Programme) project known as the Galileo Reference Centre – Member States (GRC-MS). The project complements the independent analysis of the work of the Galileo Reference Centre.

THE GNSS PERMANENT STATION

Since February 2003, a permanent GNSS station operated in Warsaw, as part of the pilot project known as the ASG-PL (Active Geodetic Network for Poland). Since December 2007, that station has been included in the ASG–EUPOS system as the CBKA station. In 2015, a GNSS Trimble NetR9 receiver was installed at the station. Currently, the CBKA station also provides observational data for two EUSPA projects related to monitoring the Galileo system, as well as the quality and availability of EGNOS corrections.

EGNOS

In 2003, RIMS (Ranging and Integrity Monitoring Station) named WRS was installed at the Space Research Centre PAS in Warsaw. Since 2004, the station is a part of EGNOS system. RIMS WRS provides the data for computations and monitors EGNOS corrections. The EGNOS system is used in Europe to improve the GNSS positioning accuracy, it is currently used by civil aviation. Work is underway on the installation and launch of the RIMS v.3 station, which will also support positioning with the Galileo system.

The Space Research Centre PAS is cooperating with European institutions on research based on the EGNOS system. Specifically, it is participating in a project supporting the monitoring of EGNOS services.