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← ScienceWhich risk increases when an orbiting GPS satellite's clock drifts?
A)Coordinate calculation errors magnify terrestrially✓
B)Doppler shift overwhelms signal lock
C)Excessive power amplification drains batteries
D)Atomic clock malfunctions corrupts data
💡 Explanation
Coordinate error increases because general relativity's spacetime curvature requires synchronization; without correction, gravitational time dilation accumulates rather than canceling. Therefore, position calculations become inaccurate due to misinterpreted signal arrival times, rather than any effect on signal integrity itself.
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