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0 pointselcritch18d ago0 comments

GPS..

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mmcwilliams17d ago· 2 in thread

You believe that GPS is hosted on servers in space?

Technically, yes. Obviously stretches the normal definition of a server, but it is a computer controlled system "serving" a mostly digital signal.

https://www.baesystems.com/en-us/article/gps-iii-satellite-l...

mmcwilliams16d ago

What people are describing here is the colloquial definition of "server", being compute hosted in space. Not a broadcast signal that is interpreted on Earth.

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