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Those corrections are not actually essential for GPS to function. In first order it's only the satellites clocks that have to be run at a slightly elevated freq
by cnvogel 17y ago
Those corrections are not actually essential for GPS to function. In first order it's only the satellites clocks that have to be run at a slightly elevated frequency (or is it the other way round? Don't know). The actual GPS receivers don't have to mess with relativity at all.
- defen 17y agoThe satellite clocks run at a slightly lower frequency than the desired frequency on Earth: 10.22999999543 MHz instead of 10.23 MHz. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gps#Relativity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gps#Relativity