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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Nilsen on December 28, 2005, 10:25:48 AM

Title: Wtg esa!
Post by: Nilsen on December 28, 2005, 10:25:48 AM
Finally the Galileo sattelites are beeing put in orbit. In about 5 years time we will have a really accurate sat-nav system :)

"We are aiming to provide one-metre, worldwide accuracy through Galileo's 'open' service - this is not possible today without regional or local augmentation," said Esa's Galileo project manager, Javier Benedicto.

"With the use of three signals, we will have access to centimetre accuracies, and with these you will see many more services than you have today; and European industry is working to develop those applications."





http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4555298.stm

Putin has promised to speed up the Glonass system too!
Title: Wtg esa!
Post by: expat on December 28, 2005, 11:51:07 AM
Tut tut  Nilsen ,  are you trying to start a i wont fly unless  it's boeing type of thread here ..hehehehe (joke)
Title: Wtg esa!
Post by: Nilsen on December 28, 2005, 03:23:09 PM
hehe.. nope! :D
Title: Wtg esa!
Post by: Rino on December 28, 2005, 03:33:59 PM
I'm sure the folks looking to improve their GPS bomb guidance will
be thrilled by this news :aok
Title: Wtg esa!
Post by: Nilsen on December 28, 2005, 03:38:15 PM
yup :)

And I will. More accurate navigation is always a good thing.
Title: Wtg esa!
Post by: indy007 on December 28, 2005, 05:29:45 PM
And the first time it's used against US military interests...

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/ASAT_missile_launch.jpg/250px-ASAT_missile_launch.jpg)

or, depending on where science takes us since the XSS-11 experiments...

(http://www.skyrocket.de/space/img_sat/xss-11__1.jpg)
Title: Wtg esa!
Post by: Nilsen on December 28, 2005, 05:31:41 PM
no worries... those wapons are prolly guided by...

GPS!!!  :D
Title: Wtg esa!
Post by: JTs on December 28, 2005, 05:35:54 PM
how soon until all babies have a transponder implanted at birth?
Title: Wtg esa!
Post by: Gh0stFT on December 28, 2005, 08:58:26 PM
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Originally posted by indy007
And the first time it's used against US military interests...


a Terrorist without Galileo will use something different anyway
to achive his goals, please dont blame Galileo and turn this thread
into the typical pro/contra gun threads, thank you! ;)


and yes i think/hope Galileo will :aok
Title: Wtg esa!
Post by: Harry on December 29, 2005, 01:13:12 AM
Quote
Originally posted by indy007
And the first time it's used against US military interests...

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/ASAT_missile_launch.jpg/250px-ASAT_missile_launch.jpg)

or, depending on where science takes us since the XSS-11 experiments...

(http://www.skyrocket.de/space/img_sat/xss-11__1.jpg)



lol don't kid yourself. The ASAT missile was abandoned in 1988, three years after it's first and only live fire test. The only nation that has a functional anti-satellite system are the russians with their KillSat satellites (if they still have them).