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=== Navigational satellite constellations === {{Main article|Satellite navigation}} {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Satellite constellations used for navigation ! Name ! Operator ! Satellites and orbits <br/>(latest design, excluding spares) ! Coverage ! Services ! Status ! Years in service |- |[[Global Positioning System]] (GPS) |[[United States Space Force|USSF]] |24 in 6 planes at 20,180 km (55° [[Medium Earth orbit|MEO]]) |Global |Navigation |Operational |1993–present |- |[[GLONASS]] |[[Roscosmos]] |24 in 3 planes at 19,130 km (64°8' MEO) |Global |Navigation |Operational |1995–present |- |[[Galileo (satellite navigation)|Galileo]] |[[European Union Agency for the Space Programme|EUSPA]], [[European Space Agency|ESA]] |24 in 3 planes at 23,222 km (56° MEO) |Global |Navigation |Operational |2019–present |- | [[BeiDou]] | [[China National Space Administration|CNSA]] | {{ubl | 3 geostationary at 35,786 km ([[Geostationary orbit|GEO]]) | 3 in 3 planes at 35,786 km (55° [[Geosynchronous orbit|GSO]]) | 24 in 3 planes at 21,150 km (55° MEO) }} | Global | Navigation | Operational | {{ubl | 2012–present, Asia | 2018–present, globally }} |- | [[NAVIC]] | [[ISRO]] | {{ubl | 3 geostationary at 35,786 km (GEO) | 4 in 2 planes at 250–24,000 km (29° GSO) }} | Regional | Navigation | Operational | 2018–present |- | [[QZSS]] | [[Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency|JAXA]] | {{ubl | 1 geostationary at 35,786 km (GEO) | 3 in 3 planes at 32,600–39,000 (43° GSO) }} | Regional | Navigation | Operational | 2018–present |}
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