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Do they have atomic clocks on board? I was under the impression that Starlink needs GPS for initial acquisition.
by dghlsakjg 1mo ago
Do they have atomic clocks on board?
I was under the impression that Starlink needs GPS for initial acquisition.
- bluGill 1mo agoThey don't need atomic clocks on board. NTP is close enough for most purposes. Sure your error goes up, but often within 100 meters is good enough. The exceptions though do need accurate clocks and are a problem.
- dghlsakjg 1mo agoFor the aviation use case the article talks about 100m is unacceptable. Even for more mundane uses like car navigation 100m accuracy isn’t great.