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Europe is really late to the party. GPS has been here for a long time. China's Bei Dou has been operational for a few years and is entering the 3rd generation.

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The first GPS satellite was launched almost 40(!) years ago (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPS_satellite_blocks#Block_I_s...)

There's also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GLONASS

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