New GPS Satellite

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New GPS Satellite

Postby Hammer » Sun Sep 12, 2010 3:48 pm

This is cool. :geek:
Japan has launched its first GPS satellite to complement the U.S. satellites it currently depends on.

JAXA launches satellite to boost GPS

Apparently this will reduce the margin of error to about 1 meter, but since it'll only be effective for about 8 hours a day two more satellites will be needed.
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