Curiously, general-relativistic effects needed to be accounted for as well. Quoting Wikipedia, GPS “must account for the gravitational redshift in its timing s

Curiously, general-relativistic effects needed to be accounted for as well. Quoting Wikipedia, GPS “must account for the gravitational redshift in its timing system, and physicists have analyzed timing data from the GPS to confirm other tests. When the first satellite was launched, some engineers resisted the prediction that a noticeable gravitational time dilation would occur, so the first satellite was launched without the clock adjustment that was later built into subsequent satellites. It showed the predicted shift of 38 microseconds per day. This rate of discrepancy is sufficient to substantially impair function of GPS within hours if not accounted for.”