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I was watching a letsplay of The Longest Drive and they mentioned GPS: I wonder how long GPS will keep functioning after a civilizational collapse?

Because while yeah, eventually the satellite orbits will decay, but I imagine the lack of updates will kill it faster

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Sebastian Krzyszkowiak
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@foone Aren't almanac and ephemerides calculated at the ground and regularly uploaded into the satellites? If that gets interrupted, it may become useless pretty fast.

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