BeiDou is recognised by the International Civil Aviation Organization of the United Nations. It competes in the lucrative satellite communications market with Europe’s Galileo, Glonass from Russia and the Quasi-Zenith Satellite System from Japan as well as GPS. 北斗得到聯合國國際民航組織的認可。它在利潤豐厚的衛星通訊市場上與歐洲的伽利略、俄羅斯的格洛納斯、日本的準天頂衛星系統以及全球定位系統競爭.