Whether it’s your windshield mounted Garmin or your pocket slung
smartphone, your GPS device is programmed to disable itself under
certain conditions.
If it’s travelling faster than 1200 MPH or above 65,000 feet in altitude, the GPS function will shutdown.
These restrictions were put in place to help ensure the technology
could not be used for malicious intentions by foreign governments or
terrorists.
Modern commercial airplanes do not typically approach this speed or
altitude, so you can’t test this unless you build your own missile or
weather balloon.
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