AbstractTime transfer by Laser Ranging (LR) recently demonstrated a remarkable stability (a few ps over ∼1000s) and accuracy (<1ns) in synchronizing both space and ground clocks over distances from a few thousands to tens of thousands kilometers. Given its potential role in navigation, fundamental physics and metrology, it is crucial that synergy between laser ranging and Time&Frequency (T/F) technologies improves to meet the present and future space geodesy requirements. In this article, we examine the behavior of T/F systems that are used in LR tracking stations of the international laser ranging service. The approach we investigate is to compute time synchronization between clocks used at LR stations using accurate data of the Time Transfer by Laser Link (T2L2) experiment onboard the satellite Jason-2 (Samain et al., 2014). Systematic time biases are estimated against the UTC time scale for a set of 22 observing stations in 2013, in the range of zero to a few μ s. Our results suggest that the ILRS network suffers from accuracy issues, due to time biases in the laser ranging observations. We discuss how these systematic effects impact the precise orbit determination of LAGEOS geodetic satellites over a 1-year analysis, and additionally give a measure of the local effect into station coordinates, regarding in particular the effect in the east–west component that is of 2–6mm for a typical systematic time bias of one μ s.


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    Titel :

    Time biases in laser ranging observations: A concerning issue of Space Geodesy


    Beteiligte:
    Exertier, Pierre (Autor:in) / Belli, A. (Autor:in) / Lemoine, J.M. (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Advances in Space Research ; 60 , 5 ; 948-968


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2017-05-12


    Format / Umfang :

    21 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch






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