satellite navigation system

English

Noun

satellite navigation system (plural satellite navigation systems)

Any electronic navigation system which uses space satellites as radio signal sources and position references.
A satellite network used for implementing such a system.
A navigation device that implements access to such a system, having satellite signal receivers to access the satellite network.

Synonyms

Translations

navigation system using artificial satellites as radio signal sources and position references

Finnish: satelliittipaikannusjärjestelmä
German: Navigationsgerät (de) n; Navigationssystem (de) n; (precise, but uncommon) Satellitennavigationssystem (de) n, Navi (de) n

See also

Global Positioning System / GPS / NavStar / Navstar (the U.S. system)
Beidou / BeiDou (the Chinese system)
GLONASS (the Russian system)
Galileo (the EU system)
GPS / global positioning system (such systems in general)
GPS receiver

Further reading

satellite navigation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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