UK may have to start new satellite system post-Brexit

Thursday, April 26th 2018 - 09:09 UTC

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The UK might have to set up its own satellite navigation system if it is thrown out of the Galileo project after Brexit, according to British officials. Galileo is a €10 billion program that was launched by the EU to rival the US global positioning system. Read full article

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The Voice
Well… most of the worlds seabourne airbourne and remote location satellite phone calls and internet are made via the four British Global Express satellites so its a piece of piss to set up our own gps system. Then as well as GCHQ tapping into all those calls we can also spot where everyone is.
Apr 26th, 2018 - 01:12 pm - Link - Report abuse -2
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YourWorseNightmare
No Gold Code for you. Next!
Apr 26th, 2018 - 03:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Conqueror
There's another “interesting” wrinkle. A number of the Galileo ground stations are in British territory. And when Britain closes them down?
Apr 27th, 2018 - 05:41 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
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Yaigulah3x
The question is why is this piece appearing in Mercopenguin, a British government propaganda organ supposedly devoted to America, South America and the “South Atlantic”?
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