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When GPS Goes Dark

"What if all GPS satellites stopped working?"

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First Hours
Navigation Chaos
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One Month Later
Back to Basics
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One Year Later
New Constellations
First 24 Hours
First Hours
The Aftermath
One Month Later
The New Reality
One Year Later
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First Hours

Navigation Chaos

Planes are grounded, ships drift, and billions of smartphones become useless for navigation.

Key Points

  • 1All commercial flights grounded
  • 2Shipping lanes become dangerous
  • 3Delivery services halt
  • 4Emergency services impaired
  • 5Financial trading timestamps fail

Statistics

100K
Flights cancelled
50K
Ships at risk

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