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mukara | 3 years ago

For GPS, we use the government's recommendation of pi = 3.1415926535898 to compute satellite orbits...2 digits less than NASA's. Other constellations (Beidou, Galileo, etc.) follow GPS.

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cozzyd|3 years ago

crazy that I have more digits of pi memorized than that, to this day (so much wasted time in Middle school, I guess).