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No, because the rate of strobe flashes that you visually perceive depends on the both the relative speed and direction of that speed relative to you, if you are receding from each other you see a slower strobe rate, if you are closing in on each other you see a faster strobe rate. Again, over the course of one orbit this will add up so that the number of flashes you saw matches the other satellites clock reading. (if you were visually watching the other clock during the orbit, you would also see its tick rate slow down and speed up to match the strobe rate you were seeing.)name123 said:So you are stating that the time dilation will be such that if both satellites had strobe clock's it would be calculated that the strobe clock on the other satellite is flashing at a slower rate?
Does that mean that if the orbit was big enough, or the strobes went off at smaller time intervals or some combination of the two, that there could be a discrepancy between the observed strobe flashes, and the count showing on the satellites clock when it passed?