NavIC (Navigation with Indian Constellation) and GPS (Global Positioning System) logos and Satellite model placed on the map are seen in this illustration taken, September 25, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration 

GPS (Global Positioning System) logo and Satellite model placed on the map are seen in this illustration taken, September 25, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration 

NavIC (Navigation with Indian Constellation) and GPS (Global Positioning System) logos and Satellite model placed on the U.S. and India flags are seen in this illustration taken, September 25, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration 

A model of the BeiDou navigation satellites system is seen at the 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS), following the COVID-19 outbreak, in Beijing, China September 5, 2020. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang 

A man holds a child as they look at a model of the BeiDou navigation satellites system at the 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS), following the COVID-19 outbreak, in Beijing, China September 5, 2020. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang 

Timothy De Smet locates a "false positive" while using a global navigation satellite system and geodetic antenna to locate abandoned oil wells in Olean, New York, U.S., February 26, 2020. Picture taken February 26, 2020. REUTERS/Lindsay DeDario 

Nathan Graber and Timothy De Smet use a global navigation satellite system and geodetic antenna to locate abandoned oil wells in Olean, New York, U.S., February 26, 2020. Picture taken February 26, 2020. REUTERS/Lindsay DeDario 

Timothy De Smet and Nathan Graber use a global navigation satellite system and geodetic antenna to locate an abandoned oil well in Olean, New York, U.S., February 26, 2020. Picture taken February 26, 2020. REUTERS/Lindsay DeDario 

Timothy De Smet and Nathan Graber use a global navigation satellite system and geodetic antenna to locate abandoned oil wells in Olean, New York, U.S., February 26, 2020. Picture taken February 26, 2020. REUTERS/Lindsay DeDario 

Timothy De Smet and Nathan Graber use a global navigation satellite system and geodetic antenna to locate an abandoned oil well in Olean, New York, U.S., February 26, 2020. Picture taken February 26, 2020. REUTERS/Lindsay DeDario 

Timothy De Smet, Alex Nikulim and Nathan Graber use a global navigation satellite system and geodetic antenna to locate an abandoned oil well in Olean, New York, U.S., February 26, 2020. Picture taken February 26, 2020. REUTERS/Lindsay DeDario 

Timothy De Smet uses a global navigation satellite system and geodetic antenna to locate abandoned oil wells in Olean, New York, U.S., February 26, 2020. Picture taken February 26, 2020. REUTERS/Lindsay DeDario 

Timothy De Smet, Nathan Graber and Alex Nikulin use a global navigation satellite system and geodetic antenna to locate an abandoned oil well in Olean, New York, U.S., February 26, 2020. Picture taken February 26, 2020. REUTERS/Lindsay DeDario 

Timothy De Smet and Charles Dietrich use a global navigation satellite system and geodetic antenna to locate an abandoned oil well in Olean, New York, U.S., February 26, 2020. Picture taken February 26, 2020. REUTERS/Lindsay DeDario 

The launch pad of the Xichang Satellite Launch Center is seen the day before the Beidou-3 satellite, the last satellite of China's Beidou Navigation Satellite System, is set to launch in Sichuan province, China June 15, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

Staff members walk at Xichang Satellite Launch Center, the day before the Beidou-3 satellite, the last satellite of China's Beidou Navigation Satellite System, is set to launch in Sichuan province, China June 15, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

An engineer shows members of the media an out-of-use launching vehicle at Xichang Satellite Launch Center, the day before the Beidou-3 satellite, the last satellite of China's Beidou Navigation Satellite System, is set to launch in Sichuan province, China June 15, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

An engineer stands in front of an out-of-use launching vehicle at Xichang Satellite Launch Center, the day before the Beidou-3 satellite, the last satellite of China's Beidou Navigation Satellite System, is set to launch in Sichuan province, China June 15, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

A People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldier stands guard at Xichang Satellite Launch Center, the day before the Beidou-3 satellite, the last satellite of China's Beidou Navigation Satellite System, is set to launch in Sichuan province, China June 15, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

Workers are seen near the launch pad of the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, the day before the Beidou-3 satellite, the last satellite of China's Beidou Navigation Satellite System, is set to launch in Sichuan province, China June 15, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

A worker is seen on the launch pad of the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, the day before the Beidou-3 satellite, the last satellite of China's Beidou Navigation Satellite System, is set to launch in Sichuan province, China June 15, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

A worker is seen on the launch pad of the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, the day before the Beidou-3 satellite, the last satellite of China's Beidou Navigation Satellite System, is set to launch in Sichuan province, China June 15, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

The launch pad of the Xichang Satellite Launch Center is seen the day before the Beidou-3 satellite, the last satellite of China's Beidou Navigation Satellite System, is set to launch in Sichuan province, China June 15, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

The launch pad of the Xichang Satellite Launch Center is seen the day before the Beidou-3 satellite, the last satellite of China's Beidou Navigation Satellite System, is set to launch in Sichuan province, China June 15, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

A model of the BeiDou navigation satellites system is seen at an exhibition to mark China's Space Day 2019 on April 24, in Changsha, Hunan province, China, April 23, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song 

A model of the BeiDou navigation satellites system is seen at an exhibition to mark China's Space Day 2019 on April 24, in Changsha, Hunan province, China, April 23, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song 

Fitters of space apparatus work on the GLONASS-M space navigation satellite inside an assembly workshop of the Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems company in the Siberian town of Zheleznogorsk, some 50 km (31 miles) northeast of Krasnoyarsk, April 2, 2014. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin/File Photo 

Employees work inside a clean room at the Space systems specialist OHB in Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich, southern Germany, April 18, 2016. OHB is developing and executing space projects such as the Galileo navigation satellites, the SARah reconnaissance system, the MTG meteorological satellites, the EnMAP environment satellite, the TET-1 technology testing vehicle and the HispaSat, ELECTRA and EDRS-C telecommunications satellites. REUTERS/Michael Dalder

Employees work inside a clean room at the Space systems specialist OHB in Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich, southern Germany, April 18, 2016. OHB is developing and executing space projects such as the Galileo navigation satellites, the SARah reconnaissance system, the MTG meteorological satellites, the EnMAP environment satellite, the TET-1 technology testing vehicle and the HispaSat, ELECTRA and EDRS-C telecommunications satellites. REUTERS/Michael Dalder

Employees work inside a clean room at the Space systems specialist OHB in Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich, southern Germany, April 18, 2016. OHB is developing and executing space projects such as the Galileo navigation satellites, the SARah reconnaissance system, the MTG meteorological satellites, the EnMAP environment satellite, the TET-1 technology testing vehicle and the HispaSat, ELECTRA and EDRS-C telecommunications satellites. REUTERS/Michael Dalder

Employees work inside a clean room at the Space systems specialist OHB in Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich, southern Germany, April 18, 2016. OHB is developing and executing space projects such as the Galileo navigation satellites, the SARah reconnaissance system, the MTG meteorological satellites, the EnMAP environment satellite, the TET-1 technology testing vehicle and the HispaSat, ELECTRA and EDRS-C telecommunications satellites. REUTERS/Michael Dalder

An employee works inside a clean room at the Space systems specialist OHB in Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich, southern Germany, April 18, 2016. OHB is developing and executing space projects such as the Galileo navigation satellites, the SARah reconnaissance system, the MTG meteorological satellites, the EnMAP environment satellite, the TET-1 technology testing vehicle and the HispaSat, ELECTRA and EDRS-C telecommunications satellites. REUTERS/Michael Dalder

Employees work inside a clean room at the Space systems specialist OHB in Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich, southern Germany, April 18, 2016. OHB is developing and executing space projects such as the Galileo navigation satellites, the SARah reconnaissance system, the MTG meteorological satellites, the EnMAP environment satellite, the TET-1 technology testing vehicle and the HispaSat, ELECTRA and EDRS-C telecommunications satellites. REUTERS/Michael Dalder

An employee works inside a clean room at the Space systems specialist OHB in Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich, southern Germany, April 18, 2016. OHB is developing and executing space projects such as the Galileo navigation satellites, the SARah reconnaissance system, the MTG meteorological satellites, the EnMAP environment satellite, the TET-1 technology testing vehicle and the HispaSat, ELECTRA and EDRS-C telecommunications satellites. REUTERS/Michael Dalder

An employee works inside a clean room at the Space systems specialist OHB in Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich, southern Germany, April 18, 2016. OHB is developing and executing space projects such as the Galileo navigation satellites, the SARah reconnaissance system, the MTG meteorological satellites, the EnMAP environment satellite, the TET-1 technology testing vehicle and the HispaSat, ELECTRA and EDRS-C telecommunications satellites. REUTERS/Michael Dalder

An employee works inside a clean room at the Space systems specialist OHB in Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich, southern Germany, April 18, 2016. OHB is developing and executing space projects such as the Galileo navigation satellites, the SARah reconnaissance system, the MTG meteorological satellites, the EnMAP environment satellite, the TET-1 technology testing vehicle and the HispaSat, ELECTRA and EDRS-C telecommunications satellites. REUTERS/Michael Dalder

The company logo of the Space systems specialist OHB in Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich, southern Germany, April 18, 2016. OHB is developing and executing space projects such as the Galileo navigation satellites, the SARah reconnaissance system, the MTG meteorological satellites, the EnMAP environment satellite, the TET-1 technology testing vehicle and the HispaSat, ELECTRA and EDRS-C telecommunications satellites. REUTERS/Michael Dalder

An employee works inside a clean room at the Space systems specialist OHB in Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich, southern Germany, April 18, 2016. OHB is developing and executing space projects such as the Galileo navigation satellites, the SARah reconnaissance system, the MTG meteorological satellites, the EnMAP environment satellite, the TET-1 technology testing vehicle and the HispaSat, ELECTRA and EDRS-C telecommunications satellites. REUTERS/Michael Dalder

An Uber driver's smartphone app is shown in this Uber vehicle en route to Washington Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia September 8, 2015. Picture taken September 8, 2015. REUTERS/Hyungwon Kang 

Anagog, an Israeli parking app, is seen on a smartphone in this photo illustration taken in Tel Aviv February 18, 2015. When it comes to helping drivers, there's no shortage of in-car technology from GPS navigation to collision-warning systems. But now start-ups are tackling a perennial source of frustration -- finding a parking space. Picture taken February 18, 2015. To march TECH-ISRAEL/PARKING REUTERS/Nir Elias (ISRAEL - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY TRANSPORT BUSINESS) 

A Coyote system is seen in a vehicle as it provides real-time information on speed limits, dangers locations, traffic hazards and traffic conditions along the A62 motorway in Toulouse December 31, 2014. France's prime minister announced on Wednesday the creation in January of a work group to study the future of motorway concessions in the country. Picture taken December 31, 2014.
REUTERS/ Regis Duvignau (FRANCE - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS POLITICS) 

A sensor is seen spinning atop a Google self-driving vehicle before a presentation at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California May 13, 2014. REUTERS/Stephen Lam (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY TRANSPORT) 

A contrail is seen as India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C24), carrying the second navigation satellite of the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System IRNSS-1B, lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, about 100 km (62 miles) north of the southern Indian city of Chennai April 4, 2014. REUTERS/Babu (INDIA - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) 

India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C24), carrying the second navigation satellite of the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System IRNSS-1B, lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, about 100 km (62 miles) north of the southern Indian city of Chennai April 4, 2014. REUTERS/Babu (INDIA - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C24), carrying the second navigation satellite of the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System IRNSS-1B, lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, about 100 km (62 miles) north of the southern Indian city of Chennai April 4, 2014. REUTERS/Babu (INDIA - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) 

Fitters of space apparatus work on the GLONASS-M space navigation satellite inside an assembly workshop of the Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems company in the Siberian town of Zheleznogorsk, some 50 km (31 miles) northeast of Krasnoyarsk, April 2, 2014. The Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) is a Russian satellite navigation system similar to the Global Positioning System (GPS) of the U.S., designed to serve for military and civil purposes. Picture taken April 2, 2014. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin (RUSSIA - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS) 

Member of staff at satellite communications company Inmarsat point to a section of the screen showing the southern Indian Ocean to the west of Australia, at their headquarters in London March 25, 2014. Britain's Inmarsat used a wave phenomenon discovered in the nineteenth century to analyse the seven pings its satellite picked up from Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 to determine its final destination.The new findings led Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak to conclude that the Boeing 777, which disappeared more than two weeks ago, crashed thousands of miles away in the southern Indian Ocean, killing all 239 people on board. REUTERS/Andrew Winning (BRITAIN - Tags: TRANSPORT DISASTER SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS TELECOMS) 

Staff at satellite communications company Inmarsat work in front of a screen showing subscribers using their service throughout the world, at their headquarters in London March 25, 2014. Britain's Inmarsat used a wave phenomenon discovered in the nineteenth century to analyse the seven pings its satellite picked up from Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 to determine its final destination.The new findings led Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak to conclude that the Boeing 777, which disappeared more than two weeks ago, crashed thousands of miles away in the southern Indian Ocean, killing all 239 people on board. REUTERS/Andrew Winning (BRITAIN - Tags: TRANSPORT DISASTER SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS TELECOMS) 

The Delta IV rocket is seen streaking across the sky after being launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station as pictured from Port Canaveral, Florida February 20, 2014. The U.S. Global Positioning System satellite was launched into orbit on Thursday, buttressing a 31-member navigation network in constant use by the military, civilian agencies and commercial customers worldwide. The satellite, built by Boeing, was carried into space aboard an unmanned Delta IV rocket, which blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 8:59 p.m. EST/0159 Friday GMT. Picture taken with long exposure. REUTERS/Mike Brown (UNITED STATES - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

BREAKOUT-BAIDOU/HISTORY - Chart and timeline comparing China's BaiDou satellite navigation system to the U.S. GPS, Russian GLONASASS and ESA Galileo systems. Accompanies Reuters Special Report 

BREAKOUT-BAIDOU/SYSTEM - Diagram showing how global satellite navigation systems work. Accompanies Reuters Special Report 

A pair of harbour seals wearing satellite linked transmitters on their heads face each after being released into the waters of Howe Sound in Porteau Cove, British Columbia November 20, 2013. The seals had received months of care at the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Centre after being rescued from the wild. Wearing the transmitters will help track their movements after their release. REUTERS/Andy Clark (CANADA - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

The exhaust plume of India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C22 is seen after lift off, carrying India's first navigation satellite system IRNSS-1A, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, about 100 km (62 miles) north of the southern Indian city of Chennai, July 1, 2013. REUTERS/Babu (INDIA - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) 

India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C22, carrying India's first navigation satellite system IRNSS-1A, lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, about 100 km (62 miles) north of the southern Indian city of Chennai, July 1, 2013. REUTERS/Babu (INDIA - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) 

India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C22, carrying India's first navigation satellite system IRNSS-1A, lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, about 100 km (62 miles) north of the southern Indian city of Chennai, July 1, 2013. REUTERS/Babu (INDIA - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) 

Waze, an Israeli mobile satellite navigation application, is seen on a smartphone in this photo illustration taken in Tel Aviv May 9, 2013. Facebook Inc is in advanced talks to acquire Israeli mobile satellite navigation start-up Waze for $800 million to $1 billion, business daily Calcalist reported on Thursday. REUTERS/Nir Elias (ISRAEL - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) 

Engineer Yelena Veleseichik supervises the electric testing of the GLONASS-K new generation space navigation satellite of the Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems company in the Siberian town of Zheleznogorsk, 50 km (31 miles) northeast of Krasnoyarsk, April 8, 2013. The Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) is a Russian satellite navigation system similar to the GPS of the U.S., designed to serve for military and civil purposes. A new generation of GLONASS-K satellites will replace GLONASS-M type satellites currently in use. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin (RUSSIA - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) 

Boris Zyryanov, chief of division of electric and radio tests of navigating satellites, supervises the electric testing of the GLONASS-M space navigation satellite of the Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems company in the Siberian town of Zheleznogorsk, 50 km (31 miles) northeast of Krasnoyarsk, April 8, 2013. The Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) is a Russian satellite navigation system similar to the GPS of the U.S., designed to serve for military and civil purposes. This GLONASS-M satellite will will lunch from the Baikonur cosmodrome on June, 2013. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin (RUSSIA - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY)