Satellite-based radio navigation system to provide a global, all-weather, continuous 24 hour service for position fixing with high accuracy. The satellite system is available to an unlimited number of users when it is fully operational. It is composed of 24 GPS satellites, each transmitting their own orbital data. The GPS navigator receives the orbital data from three or more GPS satellites to calculate a two or three dimension position, speed, and time.
以卫星为基础的无线电导航系统,提供全球、全天候、连续的24小时高精度定位服务。当卫星系统完全投入使用时,可供无限数量的用户使用。它由24颗GPS卫星组成,每颗卫星都传输自己的轨道数据。GPS导航仪接收来自三颗或更多GPS卫星的轨道数据,以计算二维或三维位置、速度和时间。