Logically, the Japanese government would have talked to the Australian government went they first indicated they were going to launch a geobird with capability for SBAS prior to 1999....any surveyor or engineer would have informed the bureaucrats this would be a good thing to get on board. Remembering, this was in the days of SA. Engineers at my old school at QIT were studying the Navstar signal with the intent of defeating SA..an augmented signal would do exactly that!
The Japanese government, once again have involved Australia with the development of the QRSS. I am at a loss trying to understand the mindset.
Interesting, first MTSAT crashes on launch. there is a loss of met coverage so the US move one of theirs here in 2003 and then move it back after 2005. Isn't that about the same time we had the first "trial"
The bottom line? The argument remains the same, except it is now asking for an answer nearly twenty years down the track. Australian industry could have had WAAS decades ago. Imagine the technology that could have been developed on such a scaffold?
What is the catch?