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The speed of something orbiting another body can be calculated from the mean altitude of the orbit and the mean radius and the mass of the body.

The distance to an interplanetary probe can be calculated from the time elapsed from the sending of a communication signal to the probe until receipt of acknowledgement of the signal from the probe. The speed of the probe can be calculated by doing that twice.

The rate at which time passes for an object in space can be calculated from the speed of the object.

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