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← ScienceWhich limitation emerges when a GPS satellite relies solely on its onboard atomic clock, neglecting relativistic effects?
A)Positional drift accumulates rapidly over time✓
B)Signal encoding degrades data transmission rates
C)Oscillator output drops below detection threshold
D)Solar radiation interferes excessively with timing
💡 Explanation
Positional drift accumulates because time dilation experienced at the satellite altitude due to its speed and reduced gravity, necessitates relativistic corrections in the onboard calculations; therefore, neglecting these adjustments leads to incorrect position updates, rather than other signal distortions.
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