Navigation Satellites Over Europe

Posted by michael on Friday June 6, 2003 @10:10PM 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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Re:Unless US blows it up.... by bad_fx · 2003-06-06 23:11 · 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.