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It does, perhaps, have the advantage of not needed a satellite fleet to work. So therefore isn’t at the whim of said fleet’s owner, or someone with anti-satelli
by tomalpha 9y ago
It does, perhaps, have the advantage of not needed a satellite fleet to work. So therefore isn’t at the whim of said fleet’s owner, or someone with anti-satellite missiles.
(Granted that the antenna size problem might be a killer)
- gambiting 9y agoStar trackers do exactly this, providing relatively accurate positioning without GPS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_tracker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_tracker
- oceanswave 9y agoWas going to say this, and in use by things like submarines and ships since the 60’s
- MayeulC 9y agoI was about to suggest the use of a sextant for this. As far as I know, navigators are still trained to operate them in this day. Of course, the same operational principle can be integrated into a dedicated device.