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I regularly go geocaching and was wondering how long everyone thinks the g.p.s. system will stay up. I don't know the maintenance schedule of those satellites but I'd imagine they are supposed to stay up there for years without maintenance. Semper Paratus...
Started by Zakarus on
, 10 posts
by 8 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at zombie-forum):
In the US, the GPS system most of us use is made Air force and without that station, its back-up, 4 ground antennas, and 6 monitoring stations, our there for a while....
To be constantly repositioned to maintain accuracy.
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On Thu, 21 May 2009 11:34:45 GMT, Jan Panteltje <pNaonStpealmtje@yahoo.com
GPS maybe be dead soon:
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-09-670T
<quote It is uncertain whether the Air Force will be able to acquire new
satellites in time to maintain...
Started by Jan Panteltje on
, 30 posts
by 10 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at omgili):
In the least, since the people with
actual aviation brains mostly invented GPS for the Air Force the report to Congress,
stating, “In recent years, the Air Force has struggled to successfully build GPS is....
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On Tue, 19 May 2009 12:53:49 -0400, "P" <propp@cox.net
GPS system 'close to breakdown'
Network of satellites could begin to fail as early as 2010
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 19 May 2009 10.32 BST
It has become one of the staples of modern, hi-tech ...
Started by P on
, 13 posts
by 5 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at omgili):
On
February 7, 2008, the U.S. Department....
Just dumb to let GPS die accurate:
-All radionavigation systems, including GPS, have their weaknesses.
Let GPS die and the air carriers
will scream bloody murder.
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What brought the A330-200?
Here is a unique new theory, thus far not postulated in any known location yet:
200 MPH Up-drift winds, lighting, "grounding" of electrical currents in lighting caused the crash:
Climatic conditions in the area were treacherous...
Started by justellus on
, 15 posts
by 2 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at 113):
There are natural and man-made factors that were never considered until point, and that area... .
Air Force enlisted person, I was closely associated with aircraft and the rumors of when and how in 1973 at Edwards Air Force Base.
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On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:15:16 GMT, Sam Wormley <swormley1@mchsi.com
GPS Constellation Management: Playing not to lose
http://www.gpsworld.com/gps/gps-constellation-management-playing-not-lose-9062-0?print=1
October 22, 2009
By: Eric Gakstatter...
Started by Sam Wormley on
, 3 posts
by 3 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at omgili):
Swormley1@mchsi.comwrote:
I am a long time GPS user, I go back to a period when there were only
about 14 sats.
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On Fri, 22 May 2009 05:09:08 GMT, Sam Wormley <swormley1@mchsi.com
GPS at Risk: Doomsday 2010
http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/content/printContentPopup.jsp?id=597841
May 12, 2009
GPS World
The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO...
Started by Sam Wormley on
, 9 posts
by 5 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at omgili):
The Air Force needs to be more forthcoming
about its ongoing 2009 05:09:08 GMT, Sam ....
Time for damage control ..
The Air Force needs politics.
Time for damage control ..
Some contend it's just petty
Washington politics.
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On Fri, 22 May 2009 05:09:08 GMT, Sam Wormley <swormley1@mchsi.com
GPS at Risk: Doomsday 2010
http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/content/printContentPopup.jsp?id=597841
May 12, 2009
GPS World
The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO...
Started by Sam Wormley on
, 28 posts
by 10 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at omgili):
The Air Force needs to be more forthcoming
about its ongoing, and every other organization....
Time for damage control ..
The Air Force needs politics.
Time for damage control ..
Some contend it's just petty
Washington politics.
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On Thu, 4 Jun 2009 09:22:27 -0500, "Robert Swinney" <judybob@tx.rr.com
Excite today carried a piece re. the S. American crash and location of planes over the ocean. It
went on to say that radar can't see beyond about 200 miles (let alone the fact...
Started by Robert Swinney on
, 61 posts
by 28 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at omgili):
This was a Air....
The
maintenance computer sending the fault messages to air france was not
hooked into the GPS system vehicle in the US records and reports
telemetry data on a regular basis and position, air speed with.
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On Fri, 5 Jun 2009 19:09:12 -0700 (PDT), Igor The Terrible <igor_the_terrible@mad.scientist.com
Hmm...let's see now.. No plane, no wreckage, no survivors....not even
a trace of them. I wonder how long it will be before the loonies come
out of ...
Started by Igor The Terrible on
, 8 posts
by 7 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at omgili):
Our planes are flying blind
and our air traffic controlers are ....
Mostly everyone is using WWII technology.
Igor The Terrible
<igor_the_terri...@mad.scientist.com
Actually the air traffic control condition is similar in the US.
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On Fri, 5 Jun 2009 19:09:12 -0700 (PDT), Igor The Terrible <igor_the_terrible@mad.scientist.com
Hmm...let's see now.. No plane, no wreckage, no survivors....not even
a trace of them. I wonder how long it will be before the loonies come
out of ...
Started by Igor The Terrible on
, 9 posts
by 7 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at omgili):
Our planes are flying blind
and our air The Terrible
<igor_the_terri...@mad.scientist.com
Actually the air traffic control condition traffic controlers are working....
Mostly everyone is using WWII technology.
Is similar in the US.
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