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Which risk increases for satellites orbiting near pulsars?

A)Increased clock drift from time dilation
B)Communication blackouts from signal scattering
C)Reduced power output from solar flares
D)Structural fatigue from micrometeoroid impacts

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A pulsar's immense gravity causes extreme spacetime curvature, increasing clock drift because of gravitational time dilation according to general relativity. Therefore, timekeeping errors rise rather than signal scattering, changes in power, and physical damage, which are separate failure modes.

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