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From: kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey)
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Subject: Re: =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_=E2=80=9CFCC_Wants_Alternatives_to_GPS=2C_Raising_P?=
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Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 17:41:37 -0400 (EDT)
Organization: Former users of Netcom shell (1989-2000)
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Lynn McGuire  <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>Shooting down thousands of Starlink satellites is infinitely harder that 
>shooting down 31 GPS satellites.

Unfortunately they aren't so stable, what with being in LEO.  But better
than nothing.

>And, there is no backup for the current GPS system.
>    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System#Backup_system

Well, there are Galileo and GLONASS.  And they still teach C5 navigators 
how to use the sextant although I don't know how many still remember it
from school.

My ex continues to use pilotage by road maps for cross-country flights....
--scott

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