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That delay is mostly predictable and so you can account for it. You still will be off by a few (I'm not sure what unit, but fraction of a second) as the speed of light in the atmosphere is not a constant. You can figure out the current speed of light in the atmosphere, as well but that requires a lot of complex hardware.



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