Five down and thirty to go. That’s the status of China’s GPS-like constellation called Compass, or by its indiginous name, Beidou. Why go to all the trouble of having your own positioning, navigation, and timing system when you can piggyback on GPS? China has the same reason as the Russians and the EU. They don’t [...]
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China Attempts To Rival GPS
Posted: August 2, 2010 in Beidou, China, Compass, Free-Riders, GPSTags: China
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The New Space Race?
Posted: July 14, 2010 in Beidou, China, Compass, ESA, Future Systems, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, Russia, Space RaceTags: China, Russia
The new space race will be for positioning, navigation, and timing. Why? It’s too important not to have, or conversely, it’s too important to have to depend on someone else for such space-provided services. Who is in the game? The U.S., Russia, China, and the ESA. Assuming war doesn’t break out (with selective disabling), cross-system [...]
Can GPS Disprove Global Warming?
Posted: May 28, 2010 in Climate Science, Daniel Baker, Global Warming, GPS, New York TimesTags: Global Warming
Daniel Baker, writing at the New York Times, want climate and other scientists (as well as the public) to have access to much of the data generated by the GPS system. The purpose would be to use the data to study the earth. Seems reasonable, right? The down side–for those with a vested emotional or [...]
What Can GPS Do For You?
Posted: April 26, 2010 in 120 mm, Afghanistan, Army, GPS, mortar, UncategorizedIf you have a GPS-enabled 120 mm mortar round, it can get you 10 meter accuracy from 7000+ meters away. Here’s what Wikipedia says about the 120mm mortar. Hot and fresh to your door in 30 seconds or less or the next one’s free (or something like that).
GPS, Unlike Scotland, Is Not Free
Posted: July 2, 2009 in Commercial and Foreign Entities, conjunction assessments, GPS, National Space Studies Center, space situational awareness, U.S. National Space PolicyThis article originally appeared in Air University’s The Wright Stuff.
