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Ryan Mortensen
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Since the WAAS system utilizes stations at known, fixed locations on the ground to make determinations for positional correction, is there a loss in the precision or validity of that correction with an increase in altitude?

If there is, how does it scale? Is the loss in reliability of the correction linear, exponential, is it simply a negligible degradation, etc?

Since the WAAS system utilizes stations at known, fixed locations on the ground to make determinations for positional correction, is there a loss in the precision or validity of that correction with an increase in altitude?

If there is, how does it scale? Is the loss in reliability of the correction linear, exponential, etc?

Since the WAAS system utilizes stations at known, fixed locations on the ground to make determinations for positional correction, is there a loss in the precision or validity of that correction with an increase in altitude?

If there is, how does it scale? Is the loss in reliability of the correction linear, exponential, is it simply a negligible degradation, etc?

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Due to the corrective calculations being ground-based, does the reliability of WAAS degrade with increases in altitude?

Since the WAAS system utilizes stations at known, fixed locations on the ground to make determinations for positional correction, is there a loss in the precision or validity of that correction with an increase in altitude?

If there is, how does it scale? Is the loss in reliability of the correction linear, exponential, etc?