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Description: Daily time dilation in microseconds as a function of orbit (assumed circular) radius r = rs/re where rs is satellite orbit radius and re is Earth radius. At r = 1.497 there is no time dilation, i.o.w. the gravitational and velocity approximations cancel. ISS astronauts fly below, whereas GPS and geostationary satellites fly above.
Title: Daily satellite time dilation
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Author: DVdm
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