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satellite navigation

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noun

  1. navigation using data received from satellites

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They have signed agreements related to space and missile defense technology transfers and increased cooperation between their respective BeiDou and Glonass satellite navigation systems.

From The Wall Street Journal

Also benefitting are the University of Strathclyde, to develop a satellite navigation system that doesn't rely on GPS, and Heriot-Watt University to help build a quantum communication transmitter for small satellites.

From BBC

There may be effects on power grids and satellite navigation.

From BBC

Last year, scientists at Imperial College, London trialled an alternative to GPS satellite navigation, dubbed a "quantum compass", on the city's underground Tube network.

From BBC

The three companies, Airbus, Leonardo and Thales, will pool their interests in areas such as space exploration, earth observation, space threats and satellite navigation.

From BBC