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satellite navigation system

n. Any electronic navigation system which uses space satellites as radio signal sources and position references

Usage examples of "satellite navigation system".

He opened his chec, began to activate the radar, satellite navigation system, and the ring-laser gyro.

He unfolded the map, matched the coordinates with those on the screen--the Predator had its own Global Positioning Satellite navigation system and automatically told its operators where it was--and tapped the right section on the paper.

Eisly read the numbers off a computer readout keyed to the NAVSTAR satellite navigation system.

Navigation was managed by an automatic navigation System run by dual redundant inertial reference unit a Northrop astro-tracker--first developed for the Blackbird spy plane--that could track and lock on to stars even in daytime for accurate heading data, and a Global Positioning System satellite navigation system for position and velocity data--the B-2A's navigation accuracy could be measured in a few feet, even without using the radar.

This would be done in conjunction with Magellan, a handheld satellite navigation system.

However, in its tumble downhill, the rover had snapped off the antennas needed by both the over-the-horizon radios and the satellite navigation system.

He also had a satellite navigation system, and goodness knows what else.

Even a state-of-the-art global-positioning satellite navigation system that he had personally installed in Amman after returning from a brief trip to London, where he'd rented a car with a GPS system.