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In this particular case, the presented linear combination algorithm is based on the fusion of EGNOS (European geostationary navigation overlay service) and SDCM (system of differential correction and monitoring) positioning to determine the resultant UAV coordinates. The algorithm of the mathematical model uses weights of measurements in three ways, i.e., Variant I, the reciprocal of the number of tracked satellites from a single SBAS solution; Variant II, the inverse square of mean coordinate errors from a single SBAS solution; and Variant III, the reciprocal of UAV flight speed from a single SBAS solution. The research experiment used real GNSS (global navigation satellite system) navigation data recorded by the VTOL unmanned platform. The test flight was made in April 2020 in Poland, near Warsaw. Based on the developed research results, it was found that the highest accuracy of UAV positioning was obtained when using the weighting model for Variant II. In the weight model of Variant II, the accuracy of the solution of the UAV position increased by 1\u20132% for the horizontal components and 19\u201322% for the vertical component h, concerning the results obtained from the weighing Variants I and III. It is worth noting that the proposed research model significantly improves the results of determining the ellipsoidal height h. Compared to the arithmetic mean model, determining the h component in the Variant II weight model is improved by about 23%. The paper also shows the advantage of EGNOS+SDCM positioning over EGNOS positioning alone in determining the accuracy of the vertical component h. 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