NASA Architecture for Solar System Time Distribution

Author

Miller, James J. ; Gifford, Al ; Brodsky, Beryl ; Oria, A.J. ; Nelson, Robert A. ; Orr, Richard S. ; Felton, Larry ; Pitts, Lee ; VanLandingham, Frank ; Welch, Bryan

Author_Institution

Nat. Aeronaut. & Space Adm., Washington

fYear

2007

fDate

May 29 2007-June 1 2007

Firstpage

1299

Lastpage

1303

Abstract

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is developing an architecture for communication, navigation, and time distribution to support the future human exploration of space. Foreseeable applications span a wide range of demands for time services, including event logging by robotic and human explorers, networking of cooperative elements on a planetary surface, time transfer for navigation, and time synchronization and correlation for communication and science. This paper describes the key attributes of a flexible approach designed to meet those demands.

Keywords

distance measurement; frequency measurement; frequency standards; radionavigation; space communication links; time measurement; NASA architecture; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; event logging; robotic-human explorers; solar system time distribution; space human exploration; time synchronization; Frequency synchronization; Humans; NASA; Radio navigation; Radiometry; Satellite broadcasting; Solar system; Space exploration; Time dissemination; Timing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frequency Control Symposium, 2007 Joint with the 21st European Frequency and Time Forum. IEEE International

Conference_Location

Geneva

ISSN

1075-6787

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0646-3

Electronic_ISBN

1075-6787

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FREQ.2007.4319286

Filename

4319286