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Europe Reluctantly Chooses SpaceX to Launch Its GPS Satellites (gizmodo.com)
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Europe Reluctantly Chooses SpaceX to Launch Its GPS Satellites::Elon Musk's SpaceX is set to undertake its first launch of European satellites equipped with classified technology, specifically for the Galileo system.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yawn.

Its a global positioning system, which has become a generic term (and has been since the late 90's). Just because you use the term "satnav" doesn't mean everyone does.

That term never caught on in the US, and was hardly used even 30 years ago (I say this as someone who adopted portable satnav as soon as it was available to consumers).

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Its a global positioning system

But it's not GPS. When referring to a generic system they use GNSS as abbreviation.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Said no one ever...