Inmarsat repurposing satellite in UK bid to replace navigation service lost to Brexit

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Source: Inmarsat

Space-based communications specialist Inmarsat is to test the use of a transponder on one of its satellites to refine GPS navigation for the UK, after its ‘Brexit’ withdrawal from the European Union forced the UK to give up access to the previous service.

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