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This map shows how hard they jam GPS (cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net)

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https://www.space.com/space-exploration/satellites/its-quite-a-bit-more-than-we-expected-satellite-reveals-immense-scale-of-gps-signal-tampering

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[–] FishFace@piefed.social 4 points 4 days ago

The transmit power of these satellites is on the order of 200W, so 100x more would be 20kW, so about the same as a TV transmitter. And you can drive right past a TV transmitter, whereas satellites are thousands of miles away in space, and the received power here on earth is a fraction of the emitted power.