NBC Chicago

Losing GPS could cost billions, so the Space Force is having companies like Astranis build a backup network

An outage or loss of GPS satellites is estimated to cost the U.S. military and economy upward of $1 billion a day. Pentagon leaders believe that estimate is conservative, leading the U.S. Space Force ...
WVXU

Losing GPS would cost the U.S. $1 billion a day. So why is there no backup?

Many Americans say they couldn't survive without GPS - turns out our economy wouldn't do well either. But if it's so important, why don't we have a backup? Russia and China do. Navigating this ...
NBC Washington

Losing GPS could cost billions, so the Space Force is having companies like Astranis build a backup network

The U.S. Air Force began deploying the Global Positioning System — more commonly known as GPS — nearly 50 years ago, satellites which have become critical infrastructure for both the military and the ...
NBC Connecticut

Losing GPS could cost billions, so the Space Force is having companies like Astranis build a backup network

Stream Connecticut News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. The U.S. Air Force began deploying the Global Positioning System — more commonly known as GPS — nearly 50 years ago, satellites which have ...