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		DeathArrow on Sept 29, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Scientists create their own GPS by spying on inter... True, but not only US based companies are launching sattelites.

kortilla on Sept 29, 2021 [–]

Spacex is the only one with enough volume right now for this technique to have good accuracy.

a_zaydak on Sept 29, 2021 | [–]

SpaceX will (and does) have good coverage but the accuracy will not be to anywhere what people have come to expect from GPS. At least not without major design changes to focus on this as a product from SpaceX.

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