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to the time that message was sent.
And since it traveled at the speed of light,
it can calculate you are somewhere on a sphere
a certain distance from that satellite.
Do that with three or four satellites,
it's enough to pinpoint your position
to one particular spot on the globe.
This key connection between time and location
underlies so much of our modern life,
from mighty military machines
to simply meeting your mom for a mocha.
Those clocks today might be atomic
rather than run on gears and springs,
but it relies on that same key connection,
knowing when you are, can tell you where you are.
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