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msl on Dec 18, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Galileo navigation satellite system goes live

> Galileo was originally designed to be on an independent frequency, and the US has pushed to have it so close to the US GPS frequency that jamming will effectively kill both.

This (as I wrote in another comment) is the exact opposite of what actually happened [1].

Edit: Added a reference.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System#Rest...

sounds on Dec 19, 2016 [–]

Ok, you are correct.

Galileo was originally designed to use the same frequencies as GPS.

Now they use different enough frequencies that Galileo can be jammed without jamming GPS. Of course, jamming both is also possible.

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