Title :
Common-clock two-way satellite time transfer experiments
Author :
Hackman, Christine ; Jefferts, S.R. ; Parker, Thomas E.
Author_Institution :
Time & Frequency Div., Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA
fDate :
31 May-2 Jun 1995
Abstract :
We report the results of a series of measurements designed to determine the magnitudes and noise types of the various sources of instability in the two-way satellite time and frequency transfer (TWSTFT) process. We find that, for our equipment, the earth-station noise predominates at the 1 day time scale. We also report results from a maser-to-maser time transfer conducted between NIST-Boulder and USNO (Washington DC), which show a stability at 1 day of about 1 ns
Keywords :
clocks; noise; satellite ground stations; stability; time measurement; common-clock time transfer experiments; earth-station noise; instability sources; maser-to-maser time transfer; noise types; stability; time/frequency transfer process; two-way satellite time transfer experiments; Antenna measurements; Artificial satellites; Clocks; Delay effects; Frequency; NIST; Sagnac interferometers; Satellite ground stations; Stability; Time measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Frequency Control Symposium, 1995. 49th., Proceedings of the 1995 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2500-1
DOI :
10.1109/FREQ.1995.483911
