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Review
. 2020;1(1):22.
doi: 10.1186/s43020-020-00023-x. Epub 2020 Aug 3.

Status, perspectives and trends of satellite navigation

Guenter W Hein  1   2
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Review

Status, perspectives and trends of satellite navigation

Guenter W Hein. Satell Navig. 2020.

Abstract

This paper reviews the status of satellite navigation (as per 11 May 2020)-without claim for completeness-and discusses the various global navigation satellite systems, regional satellite navigation systems and satellite-based augmentation systems. Problems and challenges for delivering nowadays a safe and reliable navigation are discussed. New opportunities, perspectives and megatrends of satellite navigation are outlined. Some remarks are closing this paper emphasizing the great value of satellite navigation at present and in future.

Keywords: BDS; Challenges; GLONASS; GPS; Galileo; Megatrends; Perspectives; Status.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interestsThe author declares that he has no competing interests.

Figures

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GNSS Satellites in View in Munich on 11 May 2020. Reference: https://qzss.go.jp/en/technical/gnssview/index.html
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GNSS: a system of systems. (The South Korean System KPS is not considered since developments did not start yet)
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The Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS/NavIC)—Reference: http://www.isro.gov.in
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The Japanese Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS)—Reference: http://qzss.go.jp/en/
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The Regional South Korean Positioning System (KPS)—Constellation and Target Area. Reference: Moonbeom (2019)
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Existing and satellite-based augmentation systems (SBAS) under development. Reference: https://www.gsa.europa.eu/sites/default/files/brochure_o_2017_v6.pdf (figure expanded)
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5G wireless networks applications—Reference Prieto-Cerdeira et al. (2018)
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Applications of 5G wireless networks and GNSS
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The Centispace-1 LEO satellite-based augmentation system. Reference: Yang (2019)
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