First Broadcast of SBAS-SACCSA Test Signal in the Caribbean, Central America and South America

CESON MORO A.; ALCANTARILLA I.; CARO J.; OSTOLAZA J. ; SODUU C.; ANDRADA L.; AZPILICUETA FRANCISCO

Simposio; 24th International Technical Meeting of The Satellite Division of the Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS 2011); 2011

For the first time in the Caribbean, Central America and South America regions a GEO satellite SBAS test signal was received. The demonstration of a Satellite-Based Augmentation System of the SACCSA Project (SBASSACCSA) in test mode was broadcasted during the Seventh Meeting of the Coordination Committee (RCC/7) of ICAO Regional Project RLA/03/902 ? SACCSA (Solución de Aumentación para el Caribe, Centro y Sudamérica / Augmentation Solution for the Caribbean, Centro and South America), held in San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina, from 14 to 15 October 2010. The RCC/7 Meeting was organized by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and hosted by Argentina State through ANAC (Administración Nacional de Aviación Civil / National Civil Aviation Administration). The demonstration of test signal was presented to participants at the RCC/7 Meeting of the following States and International Organization: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama, Spain, Venezuela, COCESNA, IFALPA and ICAO. This project is managed by ICAO and technically coordinated by AENA, Spain. To success in this relevant and historical event in the regions it has been supported by ICAO, AENA and GESA laboratory (from the ?Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina?), as well as the support of the Argentina State represented through ANAC. For years, ICAO has supported the GNSS implementation and promotes the implementation of a specific SBAS in the Caribbean, Central and South America regions, and this initiative is a huge step towards this objective.