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[aerospace, remote sensing]
A satellite constellation that provides independent geopositioning data. China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, the European Union's Galileo, Russia's Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS), and the United States's Global Positioning System (GPS) are global navigation satellite systems (GNSS).