satellite navigation system

English

Noun

satellite navigation system (plural satellite navigation systems)

1. Any electronic navigation system which uses space satellites as radio signal sources and position references.
2. A satellite network used for implementing such a system.
3. A navigation device that implements access to such a system, having satellite signal receivers to access the satellite network.

Synonyms

• sat nav
• sat-nav
• satnav

Translations

navigation system using artificial satellites as radio signal sources and position references

• Finnish: satelliittipaikannusjärjestelmä
• German: Navigationsgerät (de) n; Navigationssystem (de) n; (precise, but uncommon) Satellitennavigationssystem (de) n, Navi (de) n

See also

• Global Positioning System / GPS / NavStar / Navstar (the U.S. system)
• Beidou / BeiDou (the Chinese system)
• GLONASS (the Russian system)
• Galileo (the EU system)
• GPS / global positioning system (such systems in general)
• GPS receiver

Further reading

• satellite navigation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia