I for one was concerned that all my GPS applications would suddendly die in the next few months when the current satellites couldn't cope with all the demand.
But today I hear that within the next 12 months its expected that China, Russia and possibly India will launch at least another 60 into orbit..
As GPS is a broadcast - not a subscription it doesn't care how many users access the info (and this will NOT affect the service). The scare apparently is because alot of the existing satellites are close to the end of their life-cycle and there have been major faults with their replacements - so people are concerned whether these will be rectified before the old ones are de-comissionsed.
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