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Not quite that accurate. Apparently it’s more like 3 seconds per million years for a rubidium atomic clock, and 1 second per 3 million years for a hydrogen maser. (Caesium atomic clocks are somewhere in between)

ESA use both types onboard Galileo satellites:

https://www.esa.int/Applications/Satellite_navigation/How_th...



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