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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 ] [ 4 ] 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 ...

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 22 January 2025, 83 Global Positioning System navigation satellites have been built: 31 are launched and operational, 3 are in reserve or testing, 43 are retired, 2 were lost during launch, and 1 prototype was never launched. 3 Block III satellites have completed ...

4. Satellite navigation - Wikipedia

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

5. GPS satellite blocks - Wikipedia

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   GPS satellite blocks are the various production generations of the Global Positioning System (GPS) used for satellite navigation. The first satellite in the system, Navstar 1, was launched by the United States Air Force on 22 February 1978. [ 1 ]

6. GPS signals - Wikipedia

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   GPS signals are broadcast by Global Positioning System satellites to enable satellite navigation.Using these signals, receivers on or near the Earth's surface can determine Position, Velocity and Time (PVT) of the receiver.

7. India sends navigation satellite into orbit on ISRO rocket in ...

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   Designed to provide positioning services over India and surrounding regions, NavIC has been positioned by the country as India's answer to the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS), China's BeiDou ...