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A comment on China's GPS 'rival' Beidou. Parent comment

Re:China's GPS 'rival' Beidou by kec on Monday October 22, 2018 @03:15PM (#18277439)
The "global" refers to the fact that it works globally, not that it exists for the good of humanity.

Navstar (owned by USDoD, what is commonly called "GPS"), GLONASS and soon Galileo all have global coverage.

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Re:China's GPS 'rival' Beidou by romwell on Monday October 22, 2018 @05:22PM (#18278641)
Yup, GLONASS = GLObal NAvigational Satellite System.

Although one should note that name is the intention; it has not always had global coverage (it does now), and may not always have global coverage in the future (say, if they decide to increase the precision in a strategic area at the cost of loss of coverage in others).

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