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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://toad.social/users/minorusaba/statuses/115658824762346233">Minoru Saba (minorusaba@toad.social)'s status on Thursday, 04-Dec-2025 11:00:13 JST</a><a href="https://toad.social/@minorusaba" title="minorusaba@toad.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/139443-48-20230930221108.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Minoru Saba" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Minoru Saba</a></section><article><p>"...the satellite will complete Japan's seven-orbiter geolocation system, called the Quasi-Zenith Satellite System [which] is key to providing uninterrupted services without relying on satellites from other countries"<br><a href="https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20251202/p2g/00m/0sc/006000c" rel="nofollow">https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20251202/p2g/00m/0sc/006000c</a></p><p>🔸Orbits of QZSS satellites result in "ground traces [that] are asymmetrical figure-8 patterns"<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasi-Zenith_Satellite_System" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasi-Zenith_Satellite_System</a><br><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Japan" rel="tag">#Japan</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/QZSS" rel="tag">#QZSS</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/satellite" rel="tag">#satellite</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/5921320#notice-11641249">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-12-04T11:00:13+09:00" title="Thursday, 04-Dec-2025 11:00:13 JST">about 3 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://toad.social/@minorusaba/115658824762346233" rel="external" title="Sent from toad.social via ActivityPub">toad.social</a></span></span><a href="https://toad.social/@minorusaba/115658824762346233">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: cdn.mainichi.jp</div><h5><a href="https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20251202/p2g/00m/0sc/006000c">Japan to launch satellite in Feb. to complete 7-orbiter geolocation system - The Mainichi</a></h5><div> from <span>https://www.facebook.com/themainichi/</span></div></header><div>TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's space agency will launch a satellite in February to enable the country to stably operate its own geolocation system akin to t</div><footer></footer></article></li><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: upload.wikimedia.org</div><h5><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasi-Zenith_Satellite_System">Quasi-Zenith Satellite System</a></h5><div></div></header><div>The Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) (Japanese: 準天頂衛星システム, Hepburn: juntenchō eisei shisutemu), also known as Michibiki (みちびき, "guidance"), is a regional navigation satellite system (RNSS) and a satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS) developed by the Japanese government to enhance the United States-operated Global Positioning System (GPS) in the Asia-Oceania regions, with a focus on Japan. The goal of QZSS is to provide highly precise and stable positioning services in the Asia-Oceania region, compatible with GPS. Four-satellite QZSS services were available on a trial basis as of 12 January 2018, and officially started on 1 November 2018. A satellite navigation system independent of GPS is planned for 2023 with seven satellites. In May 2023 it was announced that the system would expand to eleven satellites.History
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Minoru Saba (minorusaba@toad.social)'s status on Thursday, 04-Dec-2025 11:00:13 JST Minoru Saba
"...the satellite will complete Japan's seven-orbiter geolocation system, called the Quasi-Zenith Satellite System [which] is key to providing uninterrupted services without relying on satellites from other countries"
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20251202/p2g/00m/0sc/006000c
🔸Orbits of QZSS satellites result in "ground traces [that] are asymmetrical figure-8 patterns"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasi-Zenith_Satellite_System
#Japan #QZSS #satellite
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  Quasi-Zenith Satellite System
  The Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) (Japanese: 準天頂衛星システム, Hepburn: juntenchō eisei shisutemu), also known as Michibiki (みちびき, "guidance"), is a regional navigation satellite system (RNSS) and a satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS) developed by the Japanese government to enhance the United States-operated Global Positioning System (GPS) in the Asia-Oceania regions, with a focus on Japan. The goal of QZSS is to provide highly precise and stable positioning services in the Asia-Oceania region, compatible with GPS. Four-satellite QZSS services were available on a trial basis as of 12 January 2018, and officially started on 1 November 2018. A satellite navigation system independent of GPS is planned for 2023 with seven satellites. In May 2023 it was announced that the system would expand to eleven satellites. History In 2002, the Japanese...

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