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minus-squareOntimp@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down5·2 days agoWho needs GPS and climate data anyway, right?
minus-squareUFO64@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·2 days agoGPS is comically higher than starlink. I’d be much more worried about a direct attack.
minus-squareOntimp@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoYea but you still have to get the GPS satellites up there safely. I see though that it might actually not be that big of an issue of GPS.
minus-squareNaibofTabr@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 days agoYes, but a screen of tiny reflective particles spread through orbit between the Earth and the GPS satellites might cause communication problems.
minus-squareZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 days agoThat’s not what these satellites are used for.
Who needs GPS and climate data anyway, right?
GPS is comically higher than starlink.
I’d be much more worried about a direct attack.
Yea but you still have to get the GPS satellites up there safely. I see though that it might actually not be that big of an issue of GPS.
Yes, but a screen of tiny reflective particles spread through orbit between the Earth and the GPS satellites might cause communication problems.
That’s not what these satellites are used for.