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Old 17th Mar 2014, 16:20
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OleOle
 
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Given that the satellite is at an altitude of about 36,000 kilometres, a 5km precision would be about +/- 0.014% of the distance, which would be truly remarkable.
Relative precision doesn't matter. If you can measure 1 microsecond precisely then you can also measure 250001 microseconds with the exact same absolute precision.

Last edited by OleOle; 17th Mar 2014 at 17:00. Reason: change to 250001 to fit relation
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