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by themerone 1115 days ago
GLONASS also depends on leap seconds, which is why Russia is opposed to eliminating them by 2035.
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sgtnoodle 1115 days ago
Leap seconds are completely arbitrary by committee, aren't they? I'm curious how there could be a technical dependency.
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fanf2 1115 days ago
GLONASS transmissions have fields for earth orientation parameters that are too small to allow for unbounded DUT1: it has a built-in assumption that its system time is close to earth rotation angle.
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