27-December-2008, 04:27 PM
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Originally Posted by mugaliens
No. For the GPS system the various computers keep track of the ongoing cumulative error, and that error is taken into account during all calculations. Last time I checked, it was about 29 seconds, total, since they launched the fleet nearly two decades ago.
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The clocks are continually re-synched. What is the 29 seconds to which you are referring?
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