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Old 11th June 2012 | 21:41
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Sorry twisted, but that is not correct, it may help for you to read the entire thread.
Well FlightPAthOBN, in may not be correct but it's consistent with Wikipedia:


Three satellites might seem enough to solve for position since space has three dimensions and a position near the Earth's surface can be assumed. However, even a very small clock error multiplied by the very large speed of light[37] — the speed at which satellite signals propagate — results in a large positional error. Therefore receivers use four or more satellites to solve for both the receiver's location and time.

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