Timeline for How and when are the relativistic corrections applied to GPS satellites?
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| Jun 18, 2015 at 20:39 | comment | added | BowlOfRed | Yes, it does disagree. I have had communication with others that I trust that say the story as quoted is incorrect in that detail. But I don't have good corroboration for it. Still, the device was there on the first and not on subsequent vehicles. Whether the corrections were in place with or without the synthesizer is a minor point. On all craft in service, the GR corrections are applied to the clock at build time. | |
| Jun 18, 2015 at 20:33 | comment | added | user21968 | Your quote's "if in fact the rate of the clock in its final orbit was that predicted by general relativity, then the synthesizer could be turned on" disagrees with the middle paragraph of the rest of your answer. | |
| Jun 18, 2015 at 19:04 | history | answered | BowlOfRed | CC BY-SA 3.0 |