Re: GMS with GPS on planets with no GPS

> If your fleet of starships had the transmitters on board, then it
would
only take as long as it would to arrive in orbit, i.e. it would be
operational before the grunts hit the ground.

Yes, that's quite likely, provided the fleet hangs around while the
ground
forces are taking action. If there's other action happening in the
system,
then maybe not as the combat ships move about the system.

Andrew Martin
ICQ: 26227169 http://valley.150m.com/
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Christney" <tchristney@telus.net>
To: <gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu>
Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2002 6:05 PM
Subject: Re: GMS with GPS on planets with no GPS

> Hi,
>
> If your fleet of starships had the transmitters on board, then
> it would only take as long as it would to arrive in orbit, i.e.
> it would be operational before the grunts hit the ground.
>
> Cheers,
> Tony Christney
>
> On Saturday, May 11, 2002, at 09:12  PM, Andrew Martin wrote:
>
> > Beth wrote:
> >>> They'd be launched with maybe a GPS targeting solution...
> >
> >> What happens on planets with no GPS? How quickly would GPS be set
up?
> >
> > I'd suggest that one needs global space superiority to put in a GPS
> > satellite constellation around a new planet. Probably a week or two,
if
> > one
> > has the necessary satellites, in my opinion.
> >
> > Other wise, one could do it with local/overhead space superiority,
by
> > emiting GPS signals from orbiting space transports. Perhaps military
> > transports would have GPS transmitters on board? Almost certainly
> > encrypted
> > transmissions.
> >
> > I'd think that a GPS satellite would be relatively small, perhaps
> > equivalent
> > to a size one vehicle for DS2, and needing equivalent room in a
> > transport.
> >
> > Andrew Martin
> > ICQ: 26227169 http://valley.150m.com/
> > -><-
> >
> >
>