Author: Raphael Santiago

Another variation of GNSS or global navigation satellite system is the Russian GLONASS. The abbreviation stands for Global Navigation Sputnik System (of course it spells differently in Russian – Globalnaya navigatsionnaya sputnikovaya Sistema).  GLONASS is the Russian equivalent of the American GPS and happens to be one of the most reliable and widely used space…

Most people have come to use the abbreviation GPS universally for any type of satellite navigation. This however is slightly off the mark, as GPS which stands for Global Positioning System is just one of the many GNSS or global navigation satellite systems. GPS is in fact the American version of global navigation satellite system…