Re: A simple lightspeed experiment by single GPS horizon skimming.

LeoVuyk@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
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Bottom line: it's been done already (flown a GPS receiver in the orbiting space shuttle). A quick scan of the document below indicates that the GPS position agrees with the independently computed reference trajectory to within the uncertainties (200-300 meters [#]), and the GPS velocity relative to the reference trajectory also agrees within the uncertainties (2-3 m/s).

So your guesses/claims are refuted experimentally. See http://stinet.dtic.mil/oai/oai?verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA280993

[#] SA was active during the flight, and the high orbital
speed degrades position accuracy.

Google for more (GPS "Space Shuttle")....


Tom Roberts
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