Sujet : Re: Re: “FCC Wants Alternatives to GPS, Raising Possibility of Starlink Involvement”
De : kludge (at) *nospam* panix.com (Scott Dorsey)
Groupes : rec.arts.sf.writtenDate : 10. Mar 2025, 22:41:37
Autres entêtes
Organisation : Former users of Netcom shell (1989-2000)
Message-ID : <vqnmah$lne$1@panix2.panix.com>
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Lynn McGuire <
lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>
Shooting down thousands of Starlink satellites is infinitely harder that
shooting down 31 GPS satellites.
Unfortunately they aren't so stable, what with being in LEO. But better
than nothing.
And, there is no backup for the current GPS system.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System#Backup_system
Well, there are Galileo and GLONASS. And they still teach C5 navigators
how to use the sextant although I don't know how many still remember it
from school.
My ex continues to use pilotage by road maps for cross-country flights....
--scott
-- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
“FCC Wants Alternatives to GPS, Raising Possibility of Starlink Involvement”
Re: “FCC Wants Alternatives to GPS, Raising Possibility of Starlink Involvement”