GPS satellites???

How do they work then?

What about google earth? I don't think they flew around the earth taking pictures.

haha.... those guys are full of it

GPS uses accurate clocks to triangulate position. It doesn't need satellites.

Google Earth buys pictures taken from aircraft surveys and arranges them on a 3D globe.

GPS uses accurate clocks to triangulate position. It doesn't need satellites.

Google Earth buys pictures taken from aircraft surveys and arranges them on a 3D globe.

Planes have not covered the whole of the world mate.

Accurate clocks? Example?

Planes have not covered the whole of the world mate.

Very true. Not with high resolution cameras at least. Which is exactly why rural and uninteresting places of Google Earth have low resolution.

Google mostly buys its aircraft pictures from geological surveyors.

Accurate clocks? Example?

Look up "how GPS works" on Google.

so why would they require an open sky? and list the satellites they are receiving their triangulated position from ?

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Planes have not covered the whole of the world mate.

Very true. Not with high resolution cameras at least. Which is exactly why rural and uninteresting places of Google Earth have low resolution.

Google mostly buys its aircraft pictures from geological surveyors.

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Accurate clocks? Example?

Look up "how GPS works" on Google.

Global positioning satellite...satellite...tom...satellites!!

so why would they require an open sky? and list the satellites they are receiving their triangulated position from ?

It's listing the triangulating stations that it uses with its accurate clocks. Those triangulating stations can be ground based. The signals can be bounced off the atmosphere like radio. And the signals can also be broadcast from Stratellites. Lighter than air vehicles at very high altitudes.

http://images.google.com/images?&q=stratellite

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratellite

well then why does it require an open sky? radio doesnt? satellites and gps's do

well then why does it require an open sky? radio doesnt? satellites and gps's do

Stratellite is a brand name (Stratellite is a trademark of Sanswire Network, LLC, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of GlobeTel Communications Corp.) for a proposed high-altitude stratospheric airship that would provide a stationary communications platform for various types of wireless signals currently carried by communications towers or satellites.[/b]

Key word there tom...proposed...

currently carried by...oh right...satellites..

good work tom!

well then why does it require an open sky?

Because the signals that are bounced off the atmosphere are rather weak. It works better with an open sky just like your radio works better with an open sky.

Stratellite GPS stations also require an open sky.

Key word there tom...proposed...

currently carried by...oh right...satellites..

good work tom!

Lighter than air vehicles have been around since World War 2.

To date none of these designs have received approval from the FAA to fly in U.S. airspace.

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well then why does it require an open sky?

Because the signals that are bounced off the atmosphere are rather weak. It works better with an open sky just like your radio works better with an open sky.

Stratellite GPS stations also require an open sky.

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Key word there tom...proposed...

currently carried by...oh right...satellites..

good work tom!

Lighter than air vehicles have been around since World War 2.

yes, but not the one ur talkin bout

Those triangulating stations can be ground based. The signals can be bounced off the atmosphere like radio.

No they can't.

Global positioning satellite...satellite...tom...satellites!!

GPS is Global Positioning System.  The transmitters do not have to be in space for it to work.

To date none of these designs have received approval from the FAA to fly in U.S. airspace.

They fly in military airspace, at altitudes over 60,000 feet.

yes, but not the one ur talkin bout

If engineers could make lighter than air vehicles back in WW2, then they could make remote controlled versions today.

To date none of these designs have received approval from the FAA to fly in U.S. airspace.

The designs have been flying for years.

A stratospheric airship is an airship designed to fly at very high altitudes (30,000 - 70,000 ft or 10 - 20 km). Most designs are (ROA/UAV) remote operated aircraft/unmanned aerial vehicles. To date none of these designs have received approval from the FAA to fly in U.S. airspace.

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Global positioning satellite...satellite...tom...satellites!!

GPS is Global Positioning System.  The transmitters do not have to be in space for it to work.

Yes...but tom is argueing that satellites do not exist.

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To date none of these designs have received approval from the FAA to fly in U.S. airspace.

They fly in military airspace, at altitudes over 60,000 feet.

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yes, but not the one ur talkin bout

If engineers could make lighter than air vehicles back in WW2, then they could make remote control versions today.

Tom...what has this got to do with satellites? Could wot?

Satellities do exists mate. Hence how google earth works and shows the earth to be quite round

Yes...but tom is argueing that satellites do not exist.

They don't.

Tom...what has this got to do with satellites? Could wot?

I'm saying that Stratellites are what you think are Satellites.

Hence how google earth works and shows the earth to be quite round.

Google Earth is simply a computer model of a sphere with aircraft pictures on it. It could just as easily be shaped into a flat earth. Or a square earth. Or a cylindrical earth.

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Yes...but tom is argueing that satellites do not exist.

They don't.

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Tom...what has this got to do with satellites? Could wot?

I'm saying that Stratellites are what you think are Satellites.

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Hence how google earth works and shows the earth to be quite round.

Google Earth is simply a computer model of a sphere with aircraft pictures on it. It could just as easily be shaped into a flat earth. Or a square earth. Or a cylindrical earth.

Jesus christ. Why do satellities not exist? The technology is quite clearly there.

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Yes...but tom is argueing that satellites do not exist.

They don't.

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Tom...what has this got to do with satellites? Could wot?

I'm saying that Stratellites are what you think are Satellites.

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Hence how google earth works and shows the earth to be quite round.

Google Earth is simply a computer model of a sphere with aircraft pictures on it. It could just as easily be shaped into a flat earth. Or a square earth. Or a cylindrical earth.

So where do all these NASA space missions fly off to then?

Jesus christ. Why do satellities not exist? The technology is quite clearly there.

Satellites themselves could exist. They just couldn't orbit the earth due to its   lack of gravity.

So where do all these NASA space missions fly off to then?

Probably high into the atmosphere to deploy stratellites, or to conduct a survey mission or two.

Satellites require gravity to stay aloft.  No gravity, no satellites in orbit.

but gravity exists so that makes you retarded!!!!!!!!!PUT YOUR HELMET ON AND GET BACK IN THE CAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Satellities do exists mate. Hence how google earth works and shows the earth to be quite round

GoogleEarth uses aeroplanes to take the photos, as stated on their website.

but gravity exists so that makes you retarded!!!!!!!!!PUT YOUR HELMET ON AND GET BACK IN THE CAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Prove it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  GET YOUR "SHIFT" and "1" KEY UNSTUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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but gravity exists so that makes you retarded!!!!!!!!!PUT YOUR HELMET ON AND GET BACK IN THE CAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Prove it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  GET YOUR "SHIFT" and "1" KEY UNSTUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I jump....but then I fall to the ground. Without gravity? What would cause this effect?

I jump....but then I fall to the ground. Without gravity? What would cause this effect?

Close. You jump, and the Earth rushes up to meet you.