Other Systems
Other satellite navigation systems in use or various states of development include:
- GLONASS – Russia's global navigation system. Fully operational worldwide.
- Galileo – a global system being developed by the European Union and other partner countries, planned to be operational by 2014 (and fully deployed by 2019)
- Beidou – People's Republic of China's regional system, currently limited to Asia and the West Pacific
- COMPASS – People's Republic of China's global system, planned to be operational by 2020
- IRNSS – India's regional navigation system, planned to be operational by 2012, covering India and Northern Indian Ocean
- QZSS – Japanese regional system covering Asia and Oceania
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