navigational satellite

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a satellite designed to enable operators of aircraft, vehicles, or vessels to determine their geographical position.

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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

Also called NAVSAT.

First recorded in 1960–65

Initially, it will be able to carry 1,000-pound satellite-guided bombs or 500-pound laser-guided weapons.
New U.S. Stealth Jet Can’t Fire Its Gun Until 2019|Dave Majumdar|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For air supplier Hughes Aircraft, it was crucial satellite pieces from Russia.
The American Ebola Rescue Plan Hinges on One Company. Meet Phoenix.|Abby Haglage|November 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Thus the report on the Guy Fawkes effigies, which also was picked up by RT, the English-language Russian satellite channel.
Think Putin’s Bad? Wait for the Next Guy|Anna Nemtsova|November 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As a result, a satellite passing over a higher-mass region would speed up very slightly, and slow down over a lower-mass one.
Glaciers Lose 204 Billion Tons of Ice in Three Years|Matthew R. Francis|October 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST

A small outdoor television satellite dish sticks out of tall grass alongside a few piles of firewood.
ISIS Is Putin’s Problem, Too, and This Chechen Is One Reason Why.|Anna Nemtsova|September 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She was captured many years ago in an attempt to overthrow the rule of Wananda upon a small satellite planet.
Valley of the Croen|Lee Tarbell
Such an attachment of a small or weak toward a great and powerful nation dooms the former to be the satellite of the latter.
Key-Notes of American Liberty|Various
His Life by his satellite Boswell holds the first place among biographies as a triumph of portraiture.
The Political History of England - Vol. X.|William Hunt
He beckoned to his Chinese satellite and walked leisurely to the door.
The Daffodil Mystery|Edgar Wallace
Rose hurried away her sister and satellite, and then let loose her glee.
A Houseful of Girls|Sarah Tytler