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Positioning Navigation and Timing Executives Want More Resiliency for GPS

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Virginia Tech’s Professor of Practice David Simpson noted in the Thursday discussion, which included Iridium’s President and Chief Technology Officer Greg Gutt , that the telecommunications industry relies on PNT for wired and wireless technology , the internet of things, and healthcare monitoring.

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Joe Supan: The Rise and Inevitable Downfall of 7,000 Starlink Satellites

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Two years ago, communities across Northwest Alaska woke to find that they had no internet or cellphone service. It would take 14 weeks for the cable to be repaired, but by then, Eben Hopson , a photographer in Utqiagvik, had already made the jump to Starlink — a satellite internet option from Elon Musk 's SpaceX. "It's