satellite navigation system

noun

1. computing a computer-operated system of navigation that uses signals from orbiting satellites and mapping data to pinpoint the user's position and plot a subsequent course

Example Sentences

There are also plans to install a lunar satellite navigation system, which could be a source of noise.

From Scientific American

Xi Jinping announces the opening of Beidou 3, a global satellite navigation system providing GPS-like services to China and other customers.

From New York Times

But they contained fairly low-tech components, analysts who examined them said, including a unique but basic satellite navigation system that was also found in other captured munitions.

From New York Times

For example, the two countries continue to develop a satellite navigation system to rival the United States’ GPS, and in January, Russia and China, along with Iran, held a series of naval drills in the Indian Ocean.

From Washington Post

Until we passed through a Palestinian city managed by the Palestinian Authority — where the Hebrew signage vanished and the satellite navigation system, which doesn’t work properly in Palestinian-run areas, started acting up — it was as if we’d never left the state of Israel.

From New York Times