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Where to with sprayer technology?
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<blockquote data-quote="Pheasant Surprise" data-source="post: 3158240" data-attributes="member: 1103"><p>I believe the 4 launched last week give them the minimum number to go into "initial operational capability". That should hopefully bring 7 trackable sats (generally in view) and 15 total in orbit in the constellation sometime early next year, once they've completed testing and ground station works(?). You're right the full strength complement wont be ready until about 2020 if all their future launches go to plan.</p><p></p><p>Re war. Who knows <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/scratchhead.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":scratchhead:" title="Scratchead :scratchhead:" data-shortname=":scratchhead:" /> I think that would be the least of our worries. The DoD infamously "degraded" the civilian signal in the gulf wars. The impact to the general population and industry was pretty insignificant at the time, but would they do it now? A lot of other stuff could come seriously unstuck?? Google and Tesla for example wouldn't be too happy with their driverless cars potentially put at serious risk, airliners plotted of course, ships, not to mention stock markets which use GPS for timing etc. There are also lots of other GNSS alternatives for the 'bad' guys to use now.</p><p></p><p>Edit - probably be 4 or 5 trackable soon rather than 7 (getting carried away!). Generally can "see" about 1/3 of whatever number total is in orbit. Can track only 3 right now ;-(</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pheasant Surprise, post: 3158240, member: 1103"] I believe the 4 launched last week give them the minimum number to go into "initial operational capability". That should hopefully bring 7 trackable sats (generally in view) and 15 total in orbit in the constellation sometime early next year, once they've completed testing and ground station works(?). You're right the full strength complement wont be ready until about 2020 if all their future launches go to plan. Re war. Who knows :scratchhead: I think that would be the least of our worries. The DoD infamously "degraded" the civilian signal in the gulf wars. The impact to the general population and industry was pretty insignificant at the time, but would they do it now? A lot of other stuff could come seriously unstuck?? Google and Tesla for example wouldn't be too happy with their driverless cars potentially put at serious risk, airliners plotted of course, ships, not to mention stock markets which use GPS for timing etc. There are also lots of other GNSS alternatives for the 'bad' guys to use now. Edit - probably be 4 or 5 trackable soon rather than 7 (getting carried away!). Generally can "see" about 1/3 of whatever number total is in orbit. Can track only 3 right now ;-( [/QUOTE]
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