Shorts: The International Competition of the Global Positioning System
08/31/20 • 14 min
For decades, the US held a monopoly on the usage of The Global Positioning System (GPS), the satellite-based radio navigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Space Force. It is one of the global navigation satellite systems that provides geolocation and time information to a receiver anywhere on or near the Earth.
But that monopolistic hold on navigational satellites is quickly loosening due to the new kids on the block. The EU's "Galileo", Russia's "GLONASS", and the bad boy of the trio--China's "BeiDou" (or "BDubs" as we dub it).
These new satellites will provide service for telecom companies all over the world and in turn to potentially billions of users. What does this monumental change mean for the future of human navigation?
You decide.
***LINKS:
The Math (for Nerds) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNSS_positioning_calculation
Satellite Distances - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Comparison_satellite_navigation_orbits.svg/1200px-Comparison_satellite_navigation_orbits.svg.png
Lightsquared - https://www.gps.gov/spectrum/lightsquared/
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For decades, the US held a monopoly on the usage of The Global Positioning System (GPS), the satellite-based radio navigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Space Force. It is one of the global navigation satellite systems that provides geolocation and time information to a receiver anywhere on or near the Earth.
But that monopolistic hold on navigational satellites is quickly loosening due to the new kids on the block. The EU's "Galileo", Russia's "GLONASS", and the bad boy of the trio--China's "BeiDou" (or "BDubs" as we dub it).
These new satellites will provide service for telecom companies all over the world and in turn to potentially billions of users. What does this monumental change mean for the future of human navigation?
You decide.
***LINKS:
The Math (for Nerds) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNSS_positioning_calculation
Satellite Distances - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Comparison_satellite_navigation_orbits.svg/1200px-Comparison_satellite_navigation_orbits.svg.png
Lightsquared - https://www.gps.gov/spectrum/lightsquared/
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