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Europe Reluctantly Chooses SpaceX to Launch Its GPS Satellites (gizmodo.com)

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Europe Reluctantly Chooses SpaceX to Launch Its GPS Satellites::Elon Musk's SpaceX is set to undertake its first launch of European satellites equipped with classified technology, specifically for the Galileo system.

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[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 50 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Stupid headline. Europe’s sat nav / global position platform is Galileo, not GPS.

[–] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seems like a "Q-tip" or "Kleenex" type of thing. It isn't 'sat nav' either as that is a product the end-user uses and the installation is used for more than turn-by-turn navigation.

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Correct, it's an antonomasia.