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Platforms > Space-based Platforms > Navigation Satellites

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Navigation Satellites  

Definition

  • Platforms such as GPS, NAVSTAR, and GLONASS whose purpose is for ascertaining one's position and planning and following a route.A satellite navigation system with global coverage may be termed a global navigation satellite system (GNSS). As of September 2020, the United States' Global Positioning System (GPS), Russia's Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS), China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) and the European Union's Galileo are fully operational GNSSs. Japan's Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) is a (US) GPS satellite-based augmentation system to enhance the accuracy of GPS, with satellite navigation independent of GPS scheduled for 2023. The Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) plans to expand to a global version in the long term. (en)

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  • 2017-08-14 14:59:55.0 [tstevens] Insert Concept add narrower relation (Navigation Platforms [1506fb17-7ac4-44ce-bde5-074885bdb2d2,287403] - Galileo [b1c1ecfd-eb6c-4a51-b86e-2ae64babc27d,309895]);
  • 2017-08-14 15:21:42.0 [tstevens] Insert Concept add narrower relation (Navigation Platforms [1506fb17-7ac4-44ce-bde5-074885bdb2d2,287403] - Beidou (China’s Satellite Navigation System) [ef679d6a-a05b-4976-a236-ce2158b758ea,309903]);
  • 2017-08-14 15:22:50.0 [tstevens] Insert Concept add narrower relation (Navigation Platforms [1506fb17-7ac4-44ce-bde5-074885bdb2d2,287403] - QZSS (Japan’s Quasi-Zenith Satellite System) [225fb800-22b1-4d06-88ac-2bb391ac0906,309911]);
  • 2017-08-14 15:23:49.0 [tstevens] Insert Concept add narrower relation (Navigation Platforms [1506fb17-7ac4-44ce-bde5-074885bdb2d2,287403] - IRNSS (India’s Regional Navigation Satellite System) [bad22a08-f8ab-49b3-b266-005b21496626,309919]);
  • 2017-08-14 15:24:51.0 [tstevens] Insert Concept add narrower relation (Navigation Platforms [1506fb17-7ac4-44ce-bde5-074885bdb2d2,287403] - SBAS (Satellite-Based Augmentation System) [612454e6-06ce-4bd3-b4f2-6db85f49a013,309927]);
  • 2021-11-18 12:37:26.0 [tstevens] update PrefLabel (Navigation Satellites);
  • 2021-11-18 13:06:32.0 [tstevens] Move Concepts delete broader relation (null); add broader relation (Navigation Satellites [1506fb17-7ac4-44ce-bde5-074885bdb2d2,825996] - Space-based Platforms [b39a69b4-c3b9-4a94-b296-bbbbe5e4c847,835875]);
  • 2022-02-27 13:55:57.0 [tstevens] update Definition (Platforms such as GPS, NAVSTAR, and GLONASS whose purpose is for ascertaining one's position and planning and following a route.A satellite navigation system with global coverage may be termed a global navigation satellite system (GNSS). As of September 2020, the United States' Global Positioning System (GPS), Russia's Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS), China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) and the European Union's Galileo are fully operational GNSSs. Japan's Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) is a (US) GPS satellite-based augmentation system to enhance the accuracy of GPS, with satellite navigation independent of GPS scheduled for 2023. The Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) plans to expand to a global version in the long term.); update Definition (NASA);

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