1. What is the goal?

Explain the physics of time in a relativistic context such as GPS triangulation, communication over very large distances, etc.

2. What questions will you answer?

• 2.1 How is relativistic correction done for GPS triangulation for receptors on Earth?
• 2.2 How is the position of a rover on other planet (such as Mars) accurately calculated?
• 2.3 Phenomenon of Time dilation (what are the boundary conditions at which time dilation start to become significant?)

3. Techniques that will be used

• 3.1 Validate GPS triangulation using actual satellite orbital data
• 3.2 Formulate a simple method without using any external help to solve Q2.2

4. Evaluation/Falsification of Results

• Using data from Space-Track, 3.1 can be validated by analytical methods and formulae.

5. Prior work

• Visualization from NSF that explains the GPS-Relativity connection