Reply to post: And next: commercial positioning

Wired: China's Beidou satnav system, 35th bird in orbit. Tired: America's GPS. Expired: Britain's dreams of its own

GreenJimll

And next: commercial positioning

I wouldn't be at all surprised to hear that Elon's Starlink that SpaceX are launching at a rapid rate of knots contains some kind of positioning subsystem. The Chinese have put their 35th Beidou satellite in orbit after 20 years of effort. SpaceX launch 50-60 Starlink birds on each Falcon 9 launch. Even if current Starlink birds don't to positioning, that rate of deployment and tech iteration means they possibly soon could.

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