Last week, the BBC reported the first of 30 satellites of the Galileo satellite navigation system was launched from Kazakhstan. While remnants of GLONASS exist, the United States’ NAVSTAR Global Positioning System is the only fully operational Global Navigation Satellite System. Galileo is designed to be technologically complementary to NAVSTAR and will enhance location-based technology.
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And Then There Were Two (Satellite Navigation Systems)
April 28th, 2008 No Comments
Tags: BBC · Galileo · GPS · satellite navigation
