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Atomic clocks are not precise enough, they need nuclear clocks, which are not developed yet: https://thoriumclock.eu/


GPS uses atomic clocks, not sure why we'd need something more precise for a timing reference on any other satellite system, unless you wanted to get like millimeter-level accuracy using nothing but satellites (and that would require a lot more than just a better clock on the sats).


The clocks aren’t even the biggest source of error in the pseudo ranges.


With nuclear clocks, GPS will be unnecessary.




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