[sDePrx59]

I don't welcome any Russian overlords, we've had bad experience with them ;(

And for a more serious note, being the Duchy of Finland was necessarily not a bad thing... Winter & Continuation War were not so cool

[Janarealiti]

Originally posted by BeBro
Lies!

BS No hula hoop for you.

[jgztw2es]

well accuracy of about 50m... while still useful, and good to have a third option, it is quite a bit worse than current GPS and not even comparable with Galileo

galileo:

The encrypted Commercial Service (CS) will be available for a fee and will offer an accuracy of better than 1 m. The CS can also be complemented by ground stations to bring the accuracy down to less than 10 cm. This signal will be broadcast in three frequency bands, the two used for the OS signals, as well as at 1260–1300 MHz.


however - having a choice is good

[+++Poguru+++]

Originally posted by Wezil


Are you saying the Russian product is inferior?! How dare you. Reminds me of a joke about Russian Ass Buzzer -- does not fit in the ass, and does not buzz.. otherwise works as intented

[YpbWF5Yo]

Dildo with a motor.

[ceagsoosy]

Thread needs more Russian reversals.

[otheloComRole]

Now all we need are some GLONASS receivers. Preferrably some that are smaller than a brick and don't run on 220V AC or at least lead-acid batteries.

[MaugleeRobins]

Originally posted by Riesstiu IV
Thread needs more Russian reversals. PEBEPCAЛ

[BonjGopu]

Originally posted by LordShiva


PEBERCAЛ
Русский язык!

[9uWzBx4l]

this is a troll thread, right? 50m accuracy for satellite-GPS is basically laughable by international government-funded high-tech standards

didn't the americans do that already in the early 80s?

[KeettyGlots]

Originally posted by onodera
Now all we need are some GLONASS receivers. Preferrably some that are smaller than a brick and don't run on 220V AC or at least lead-acid batteries. Is this one smaller than a brick?

A Russian GLONASS+GPS reciever and multimedia player for cars (~480$):

(the article is on Russian)
http://www.cnews.ru/news/top/index.s...7/12/27/281698

[Jalieteplalry]

Originally posted by Oerdin
It's nothing more then the regular GPS systems every non-backwards country has had since the early 1980's. Are there other systems except GPS, GLONASS and Gallileo? What non-backwards countries are you talking about then?

(and first GLONASS launch was in 1982, then USSR collapsed and programm was halted).

[neeclindy]

Originally posted by Wezil


Don't worry. It will be 2010 before they can cover their own territory. 2008.

Finland is the project for the next century. You are so funny

[Itrtuawh]

Does Canada able to launch its own satellites?

Um, yes? Space shuttle...

[elektikaka]

This is not for me, I couldn't give a rats ass where Putin's dog is.

[denSmumbSes]

Originally posted by Serb
Space Shuttle is Canadian? News to me. It's American, so yes...

[Prarnenoexpog]

Canada could lauch it's own satellites if for some reason the US or Europe refused to do so. If Russia can put a rocket into space it can't be that hard

[ticfarentibia]

As we don't have a depserate need to show how big and tough we are, we spend the money on things that mean our average lefe expectancy is somewhat over 59

[BenBoobmers]

Plus they are smart enough to share the costs.

[IronpumpedLady]

Yep. But it's a joint effort, no?