Tuesday, 14. June 2016
Topic: logisch - on June 14, 2016 at 10:53:00 AM CEST
What Happens If GPS Fails?
Despite massive reliance on the system’s clocks, there’s still no longterm backup. In only took thirteen millionths of a second to cause a whole lot of problems. Last January, as the U.S. Air Force was taking one satellite in the country’s constellation of GPS satellites offline, an incorrect time was accidentally uploaded to several others, making them out of sync by less time than it takes for the sound of a gunshot to leave the chamber.
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