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  1. Originally posted by Aacooper:

    How will the Chinese find the GPS satellites if we turn off GPS when they launch a missle?

    It is pretty easy to find the exact location and orbit of a satellite. Turning off the signal would not help anything, unless the sats can change orbit after detecting an enemy missile launch.

    CBR

  2. Originally posted by Battlefront.com:

    The problem with GPS in OIF1 was simply one of bandwidth demands. At least that's all I've heard of. Far too many devices requesting GPS far too frequently for the ability of the sats to handle the requests.

    Steve

    A GPS reciever doesnt send anything to the satellites. Every satellite sends a continous telemetry signal that a reciever then use to calculate the position.

    edit: I do recall something about a communications breakdown. Too little bandwidth and too many units sending info. Maybe that is what you are thinking about?

    CBR

    [ January 20, 2007, 09:41 AM: Message edited by: CBR ]

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