Data analysis and phase ambiguity removal in the ACES microwave link

Author

Duchayne, Loïc ; Wolf, Peter ; Cacciapuoti, Luigi ; Hess, Marc-Peter ; Siccardi, Marco ; Schäfer, Wolfgang

Author_Institution

Obs. de Paris, LNE-SYRTE, Paris

fYear

2008

fDate

19-21 May 2008

Firstpage

515

Lastpage

522

Abstract

The ACES (atomic clock ensemble in space) mission is an ESA - CNES project with the aim of setting up onboard the international space station (ISS) several highly stable atomic clocks with a microwave communication link (MWL). The specifications of the MWL are to perform ground to space time and frequency comparisons with a stability of 0.3 ps at one ISS pass and 7 ps at one day. The ACES mission has applications in several domains such as fundamental physics, metrology or geodesy.

Keywords

aerospace computing; aerospace instrumentation; atomic clocks; data analysis; microwave links; phase measurement; ACES microwave link; ESA - CNES project; International Space Station; atomic clock ensemble in space; clock desynchronisation; cycle slip probabilities; data analysis; ionosphere; measurement noise; microwave communication link; phase ambiguity removal; phase measurements; real ISS orbitography data; Atomic clocks; Data analysis; Frequency; International Space Station; Metrology; Microwave communication; Physics; Space missions; Space stations; Stability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frequency Control Symposium, 2008 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

ISSN

1075-6787

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1794-0

Electronic_ISBN

1075-6787

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FREQ.2008.4623052

Filename

4623052