Timeline for Need reasons why a satellite network would not work
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| Aug 6, 2019 at 18:13 | comment | added | RonJohn | "but he did pencil whip the checklist so everyone thought the navigation equipment was on board." Pencils are soooo 20th century. It's the 31st century: we've had NFC (near-field communication) tags for a thousand years!! | |
| Aug 6, 2019 at 17:28 | comment | added | MajorTom | Yes it's not just GPS. As fun as the accidental ideas are here, they don't work with my story though. | |
| Aug 6, 2019 at 12:37 | history | edited | JRE | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| S Aug 6, 2019 at 12:23 | history | suggested | CommunityBot | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 5, 2019 at 22:05 | comment | added | LorenzoDonati4Ukraine-OnStrike | OK with the robustness of GPS-like localization systems, but the OP said that the satellites offer network connectivity, hence probably wide band transmissions, therefore more susceptible to interference. I can't say if this could be relevant in the open desert conditions the OP is talking about, though. | |
| Aug 5, 2019 at 19:25 | comment | added | MajorTom | Okay, those are some very good points, damn you! And also cracked me up, too. Each person is carrying a personal device - heck look at our own smarphones of today - so some McKlutz thing would have to effect them all. Although I could just damage one specific one (not sure if that works for my story yet). This is very helpful. | |
| Aug 5, 2019 at 18:00 | history | edited | user | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 5, 2019 at 17:47 | comment | added | David Tonhofer | Could be the planetary governor hasn't paid the Satellite Management Company (a dependency of CHOAM) in time this month because there are cash flow problems. No signal for you, bub! | |
| Aug 5, 2019 at 10:14 | history | edited | JRE | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 5, 2019 at 10:09 | history | answered | JRE | CC BY-SA 4.0 |