ANDREW ROBERT BREEN wrote:

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..

I though Surrey Satellite Technology and, IIRC, Astrium had only recently
got contracts to build some development satellites. As it is, they've only
just agreed the frequencies they're going to use as the USAians were
complaining that the main signal would sit right on their military band and
they wouldn't be able to locally degrade Galileo without doing the same to
their own military.

Matthew
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