The GPS satellites are not geosynchonous. They actual hurl through the sky at a qhick pace.
When they built the satellites, they built the atomic clocks in each one to the wrong time base. They actually didn't read correctly on earth.
Once in space, if you were sitting on the sattelite, the time would still be wrong. However, the earth perceives the satellite atomic clock as working fine once it's in motion relative to earth.
No, this isn't the doppler effect. It's empirical proof of relativity. It's also one of the coolest things I have read about. I am amazed they didn't make a bigger deal of it.
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The GPS satellites are not geosynchonous. They actual hurl through the sky at a qhick pace. When they built the satellites, they built the atomic clocks in each one to the wrong time base. They actually didn't read correctly on earth.
Once in space, if you were sitting on the sattelite, the time would still be wrong. However, the earth perceives the satellite atomic clock as working fine once it's in motion relative to earth. No, this isn't the doppler effect. It's empirical proof of relativity. It's also one of the coolest things I have read about. I am amazed they didn't make a bigger deal of it.