Southern Positioning Augmentation Network

The Southern Positioning Augmentation Network (SouthPAN) is a satellite based augmentation system for the Australasian region being developed by Australia and New Zealand. The procurement phase for SouthPAN is currently underway. SouthPAN will be the first SBAS in the Southern Hemisphere with initial operation to begin in 2022 and full operation expected in 2025.[1]

SouthPAN will implement the following services:

  • L1 SBAS. L1 SBAS augments GPS and is an Aeronautical Radio Navigation Service (ARNS). This signal will be used for Safety-of-Life applications and therefore needs to be certified by the National Aviation Authorities—that is, the Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) and New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
  • DFMC SBAS. Dual Frequency Multi Constellation (DFMC) SBAS is a future ARNS that will be defined in ICAO Annex 10 Amendment 93. This service will have the potential to be certified as a safety critical system for aviation and other sectors in the future.
  • PVS. Precise Point Positioning (PPP) Via SBAS (PVS) service will provide horizontal accuracies of 10cm (95% Confidence Levels) to a range of industries following a convergence time in the tens of minutes. The PVS service will be open access and able to be incorporated onto mass-market GNSS devices across Australia, New Zealand and their maritime zones.

Test Transmission

From October 2017 to 31 July 2020, Geoscience Australia provided a test SBAS transmission service.[2][3]

References
  1. "Satellite-Based Augmentation System". Geoscience Australia. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  2. "Trial of accurate positioning". Geoscience Australia. 2019-10-05. Retrieved 2021-04-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "SBAS Test-Bed Demonstration Project" (PDF). Frontier SI. 2019. Retrieved 2020-04-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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