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Re:Galileo navigation satellite system goes live by flyinglizard on Saturday December 17, 2016 @02:56PM (#13202172)
Having an alternative to GPS in mission critical systems is enough of a case to justify the existence of Galileo in the first place. Things like drones or self driving cars are not just about accuracy, but also reliability, and civilian GPS is not bulletproof (especially not in urban area). We're already seeing triple band GPS implementations with Galileo, GPS and GLONASS (the Russian alternative).
Re:Galileo navigation satellite system goes live by digi_owl on Saturday December 17, 2016 @04:38PM (#13202801)
Depending on the device SoC, you may see 4 different constellations, as China has their own.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeiDou_Navigation_Satellite_Sy...

Re:Galileo navigation satellite system goes live by Rebelgecko on Sunday December 18, 2016 @02:23AM (#13204746)
Also QZSS, if you're in the right part of the world
Re:Galileo navigation satellite system goes live by UnoriginalGuy on Saturday December 17, 2016 @03:00PM (#13202196)
While I agree with the principle in your point, does Galileo operate on a different enough set of frequencies to avoid interference that would knock out GPS?
Re:Galileo navigation satellite system goes live by avar on Saturday December 17, 2016 @03:05PM (#13202225)
Re:Galileo navigation satellite system goes live by jhayward on Saturday December 17, 2016 @04:38PM (#13202800)
This is not correct. The primary civilian signal for both Galileo and GPS have the same frequency on L1, 1575.42 MHz. Their modulation schemes and encoding are coordinated to not interfere. [1]

http://www.navipedia.net/index.php/GNSS_signal