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That page constructs its own argument and then deconstructs it. It doesn't actually disprove the OP's statement. The reason that GR and SR have "no bearing" i
by dingaling 10y ago
That page constructs its own argument and then deconstructs it. It doesn't actually disprove the OP's statement.
The reason that GR and SR have "no bearing" is because they've already been designed into the system...
From "Understanding the NAVSTAR" 2nd Edition, by Tom Logsdon ( one of the designers of the system ) the time-dilation is compensated through:
1. Off-setting the clock ticking-rate during manufacture of each satellite.
2. Applying a unique onboard corrective factor according to the eccentricity ( egg-shapedness ) of each satellite's current orbit. The latter is correction is constantly recalculated for each satellite.
Without these corrections against relativistic effects the accuracy would suffer by 14 nm after 24 hours ( without tick-offsetting ) and 100 feet or so per day due to orbital
eccentricity.
- nickpsecurity 10y agoThat's the one. There's pages one can get from Google with some of the data and illustrations if they can't get the book. It tripped me out when I found out they had to design relativity into it.
- bcook 10y agoI knew I shouldn't have questioned you so flippantly... Lesson learned.
- nickpsecurity 10y agoFeel free to question as Im a human acting on incomplete information like the rest. ;) Just don't assume or read in too much as that can get you. Happened to me plenty here, too, haha.