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Navigation Satellites Over Europe

Posted by michael on from the where-is-pudge dept.

Snags writes "It looks like Europe is getting its own equivalent to WAAS (a set of ground stations and geostationary satellites which relay information to help GPS accuracy in the US). The EGNOS system system is having a base station inaugurated in Langen, Germany this week. The system augments signals from GPS and Russia's Glonass to provide 2-meter accuracy in Europe. This is the first stage of the Galileo system reported earlier, and I'm sure these satellites and base stations will perform the same function once the Galileo constellation is flying."

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  1. Re:Unless US blows it up.... by arcanumas · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It would not be good for anyone. Not just Americans. I am very afraid of the twisted logic working on the minds of many American officials. They think that they can enforce anything they want to everybody else , just because they have a bigger army. Things i am afraid are not that simple. EU will not stand silent and be told that can not go into space (or any other bullying US may come up with). The possibility of a future conflict arises quickly.
    I would love to argue about how the size an army MANY times in history has proven to be irrelevant, but considering that both US and EU are "nuclear enabled" (TM), it is made clear that none can win is such a case.
    I hust hope that this "we are the ones" mentality stops before it is too late.
    Thank you.

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  2. Re:Unless US blows it up.... by bad_fx · · Score: 5, Insightful
    You know, reading that article, I was ready to post that the program didn't really include "blowing them up." But then re-reading the following part... well hell, it could very well include blowing them up. Geez:

    The program will include two components: the Counter Communication System, designed to disrupt other nations' communication networks from space; and the Counter Surveillance Reconnaissance System, formed to prevent other countries from using advanced intelligence-gathering technology in air or space.