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Re: Galileo Goes Live
From: Tom Sult
Date: 2016 Dec 16, 09:04 -0600
From: Tom Sult
Date: 2016 Dec 16, 09:04 -0600
Clearly the most important application!
"Iridium already has 66 operational satellites in orbit, with more to come starting in 2017. Among the key applications enabled by STL, Cobb said, is ensuring automated beer delivery trucks, like Anheuser-Busch's “Otto,” don't get hijacked, which the room agreed is really very important. Other possible applications were also suggested"
Tom Sult, MD
Tom Sult, MD
Author: JUST BE WELL
"The “systems” that Lambert wants to use include GPS, Galileo, astrolabes and sextants [!!!], and anything else that's useful, including, possibly, Satellite Time and Location (STL), a new service being touted as a muscular GNSS backup." (http://insidegnss.com/node/5269)
Also see: http://www.nature.com/news/europe-s-galileo-satellites-herald-new-era-for-earth-science-1.21183
-- Richard Langley