Russian Glonass:

Glonass, a Global Navigation Satellite System, is the Russian version of the U.S. Global Positioning System and is designed for both military and civilian use. But Glonass is a GNSS in the process of being restored to full operation. Russia launched a carrier rocket to put three navigation satellites into orbit at the end of 2008, making its navigation satellites to reach 19.

EU's Galileo:

The Galileo project, launched in 1999, is a joint initiative of the European Commission and the European Space Agency. Under the agreement signed by the EU transport ministers in November 2007, Galileo will be put into operation by 2013.

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