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Massively impressive! A very exciting paper https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.12334v4 from the first two authors shows how Starlink can be fused with ordinary GNSS to get extremely impressive +56 dB anti-jam advantage (see Figure 1).


Elon on Twitter was saying it can be made much more accurate than GPS, just that it's not a priority for them.


My guess is that the reason they terminated work with the UT Austin researchers is that they've signed a commercial deal with someone else that hasn't been announced yet.

GPS-independent PNT (position/navigation/timing) is a significant area of both market and military/civil government interest right now, and has been for a while. They won't be indifferent to it at SpaceX or at any other organization that operates or plans a constellation.


Elon says at lot of things when the day is long


Much more valuable would be to add software to the sats that turn them into a globe-sized radio telescope.

In principle, the terminals would also be able to participate.




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