Plans are being made by several countries to put laser-cooled
clock(s) having stabilities of
and accuracies of
, on the International Space Station. This will open up
additional possibilities for testing relativity as well as for
making improvements in GPS and in other potential navigational
satellite systems.
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Relativity in the Global Positioning System
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