PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Interesting fact of the day(GPS)
View Single Post
Old 1st December 2006 | 16:18
  #1 (permalink)  
punkalouver
20 Anniversary
 
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 1,323
Likes: 156
From: Here, there, and everywhere
Interesting fact of the day(GPS)

Unlike Galileo satellites GPS satellites have "anti-radiation shielding to protect against nuclear attacks in space, as well as other military requirements such as the ability to immediately detect, pinpoint and report atomic weapons test explosions anywhere on earth." Because of this extra weight, four of Galileo's satellites can be launched in a single rocket compared to a single GPS space vehicle."
punkalouver is offline  
Reply