In article ,
ANDREW ROBERT BREEN wrote:

/GPS-replacement/

Galileo, not GPS. A much better system (it'll have to be if it's to do a
fraction of what they're wanting it to do). The programme is being pushed
ahead hard and should be delivering in the next 3-5 years (depends how

Should have added - first satellite is up, more coming. Not checked in the
last few months on the launch schedule for the rest of it, and the best
accuracy will depend on other stuff in the pipeline - but that's for
things like landing airliners under Galileo control..

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Andy Breen ~ Interplanetary Scintillation Research Group
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