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2. Global Positioning System - Wikipedia

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   The Global Positioning System (GPS), originally Navstar GPS, [2] is a satellite-based radio navigation system owned by the United States Space Force and operated by Mission Delta 31. [3] It is one of the global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) that provide geolocation and time information to a GPS receiver anywhere on or near the Earth where ...

3. List of GPS satellites - Wikipedia

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   Samples of three GPS satellites' orbits over a five-year period (2013 to 2018) USA-242 · USA-239 · USA-151 · Earth As of 19 December 2024, 83 Global Positioning System navigation satellites have been built: 30 are launched and operational, 1 is launched and undergoing the commissioning process, 3 are in reserve or testing, 43 are retired, 2 were lost during launch, and 1 prototype was never ...

4. Positioning system - Wikipedia

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   Global Positioning System is an example. Optical trackers, such as laser ranging trackers suffer from line of sight problems and their performance is adversely affected by ambient light and infrared radiation.

5. Satellite navigation - Wikipedia

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   A satellite navigation system with global coverage is termed global navigation satellite system (GNSS). As of 2024 [update] , four global systems are operational: the United States 's Global Positioning System (GPS), Russia 's Global Navigation Satellite System ( GLONASS ), China 's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS), [ 1 ] and the ...

6. Category:Global Positioning System - Wikipedia

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   Pages in category "Global Positioning System" The following 130 pages are in this category, out of 130 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

7. Satellite navigation device - Wikipedia

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   Vehicle navigation on a personal navigation assistant Garmin eTrex10 edition handheld. A satellite navigation device or satnav device, also known as a satellite navigation receiver or satnav receiver or simply a GPS device, is a user equipment that uses satellites of the Global Positioning System (GPS) or similar global navigation satellite systems (GNSS).