Galileo (aka EU GPS) down over weekend

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Galileo (aka EU GPS) down over weekend

07-14-2019, 10:18 AM

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The entire European Union's Galileo GNSS went down over the weekend. If this ever happened to GPS, all hell would break loose.
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07-14-2019, 11:46 AM

Originally posted by ndoggac View Post

If this ever happened to GPS, all hell would break loose.

Yeah, much of industry and commercial transportation would be in a hurt. And the real horror of it is hikers might actually have to use a map and compass. I can almost hear my SAR incident callout phone ringing now.

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