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Germany blocks full Chinese takeover of satellite startup on national security grounds (techxplore.com)

submitted 1 year ago by 0x815@feddit.de to c/europe@feddit.de

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The German tech company KLEO Connect aims to establish its own network of satellites in low Earth orbit that can provide internet to remote locations, hoping to rival Starlink.

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[–] nxfsi@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I get your point, but seeing how not even the Russian military uses GLONASS...

[–] federalreverse@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait what? Shouldn't that enable the US to end this war relatively easily? They could instantly break a lot of the advanced weaponry of Russians by disabling GPS for them.

[–] tryptaminev@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

No they couldn't. GPS works by sending the time stamps and position of the satellite. By measuering the difference between when the signals reach the gps device it can triangulate its position.

There is the civillian coarse and an encrypted fine version for the military. I think the US will not allow the Ukrainians access to the second and their tech is probably not suitable for it.

If they cut GPS it cuts for everyone in that area.