Galileo

[Ian Stirling]

Ewan Oughton wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Jul 2007, Ian Stirling wrote:
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>> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Wish_List_-_Hardware#Galileo.2FGLONASS.2FGPS_receiver 
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> GLONASS?
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> Isn't that the Soviet GPS-alike that is mostly dead? What's remains of 
> it I believe is currently optimised for use in Russian military 
> deployments in Chechnya.. Doubt it's going to be a viable tech any time 
> soon. Also, finding a chip comparible in size / cost to the Hammerhead 
> would be difficult.

It's had new satellites launched recently and commitments have been made 
to bring it fully online well before the completion of Galilleo.

It _was_ decaying rapidly into uselessness only several years ago.