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Zack K
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Something that crossed my mind recently; I know that satellites have to adjust their clock due to their relativistic time variations in relation to us. I was wondering do they adjust their times in accordance to general relativity or special relativity or both? Or is their speed so insignificant since they are traveling way too slow for special relativity to be factored in. If the former is the case, how would one go about and add the time dilation due to special and general relativity? Is it just a simple addition of the time dilation due to both gravity and speed?