global navigation satellite system (GNSS)

Version 5.0, Release date, April 2023

Definition: Entity consisting of interdependent components that use time signals transmitted from a constellation of Earth orbiting satellites to determine latitude, longitude and elevation.

NOTE 1 Examples of global navigation satellite systems include the United States' Global Positioning System (GPS), Russia's Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS), China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System and the European Union's Galileo system.

NOTE 2 Estimates of position using global navigation satellite systems can be used to derive speed and acceleration of a vehicle to which the system is mounted.