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Well I have to agree with you, which is why my original reply suggested we age faster, but from what I could gather from the discussion at that physics forum, something occurs that is not compliant with common sense( just what would you expect with relativity :-)) . The result as stated: "That's a little more complicated: due to both SR and GR, the net result is time passes faster for the satellite.".

I guess the proof is in the pudding as they say, and I wonder what the correction factor is ? A plus or minus? And does that mean it's aging faster or slower?. Anyways, we know it's different rates.

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Re^11: Converting GPS seconds to readable time&date (relativity)
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jan 12, 2009 at 16:46 UTC

    "That's a little more complicated: due to both SR and GR, the net result is time passes faster for the satellite.".

    That talks of the passage of time, not speed, or is the same thing in relativity?

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        Maybe this will help. Or not.

        I'm not sure it really clarifies things much as it uses the usual example of something (a space craft) that moves directly away and directly back to earth. Whereas, with the satelittes, once in orbit, their relative speed is 0, although their angular velocities are wildly differing.

        So maybe the relativistic affects only apply a) as the satallite achieves orbit; b) as its signals return to earth.

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