![Without correcting for the effects of relativity on time, GPS navigation would be unusable after only 2 minutes, and errors in global positions would continue to accumulate at a rate of about Without correcting for the effects of relativity on time, GPS navigation would be unusable after only 2 minutes, and errors in global positions would continue to accumulate at a rate of about](https://preview.redd.it/db0x9o02fu181.jpg?auto=webp&s=ff78c5b53c701be66066c69cea6857d1913b9634)
Without correcting for the effects of relativity on time, GPS navigation would be unusable after only 2 minutes, and errors in global positions would continue to accumulate at a rate of about
Do GPS constellations have to adjust for time dilation due to the relative speed difference to those of us standing on Earth? - Quora
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