altitude
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ADS-B Out equipped aircraft broadcast their altitude, latitude, longitude and velocity based on those GPS signals for nearby ADS-B In equipped aircraft.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
In the last 20 minutes of games, with that heat, with the humidity, altitude - you need to keep him as fresh as you can.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
This extra resistance can gradually alter satellite trajectories and cause some spacecraft to lose altitude faster than expected.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
There will be short, sharp peaks and valleys, but if you can’t stand the rises and falls in altitude, hand over those anxieties to your silent, hardworking virtual self.
From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026
Descartes knew all about this work—as we have mentioned, he suggested the idea of taking a barometer up a mountain to see how the pressure changed with altitude.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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