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The US GPS system was alone for so long that people just call it "GPS". The name is Navstar-GPS. Those other systems are also GPS, but not Navstar.
by burfog 8y ago
The US GPS system was alone for so long that people just call it "GPS". The name is Navstar-GPS. Those other systems are also GPS, but not Navstar.
- Waterluvian 8y agoGNSS has become the accepted blanket term for them all. GPS is the U.S. one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_navigation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_navigation
- billfruit 8y agoI thought Glonass satellites were up in orbit by mid 80s almost the same time as the US Navistar system.
- omgtehlion 8y agoThey were up there at the time but not complete constellation