 ropeguruPremium
join:2001-01-25
Mechanicsville, VA | I use GPS all the time... but fail to understand what "demand" is put on the satellites that they cannot handle it. I thought they were a transmitting device that no matter whether 1 or 1000,000 gps' were using it, it didn't make a difference. |
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 marigoldsGainfully employed, finallyPremium,MVM
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Saint Louis, MO
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1 edit | It's a demand issue in terms of availability demand. What percent of the time enough satellites are visible to give a gps fix.
Each time a satellite fails (and they fail regularly), the availability goes down. It has nothing to do with how many people are using GPS.
GPS will always keep working to some degree until the constellation drops below 8 satellites, you will just get less position fixes at less location-times and less accurate position fixes which each satellite below a 24 satellite constellation if satellites are not replaced as they fail.
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It's not about demand. The concern is that the current satellites are failing faster than new ones are being readied for launch.
Also, I don't see this as a demand for more money. As another poster said, it looks more like a complaint on how the system is being managed, especially in that new satellites aren't being developed quickly enough to replace the old ones. |
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ropeguruPremium
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Mechanicsville, VA | reply to ropeguru
Thanks all... I just took the word "demand" in the wrong context. |
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