In the NAVEX experiment performed during the spacelab mission D1 time signals were transmitted from on-board the Spacelab to three ground stations. These stations were equipped with a cesium time standard each. Some aims of the NAVEX experiment required the ground station clocks to be synchronized. Two two-way clock transportations enabled this synchronization. On these clock travels three weighted transportable cesium clocks were employed. Using the UTC(PTB) as a reference time scale, the method of deriving the weighting factors from the clock rates at rest, as well as from the clock rates on the voyage, is shown.


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    Title :

    Synchronization of the Ground Station Atomic Clocks Using Weighted Transportable Cesium Time Standards in the Navigation Experiment (NAVEX)


    Contributors:
    H. Schild (author)

    Publication date :

    1988


    Size :

    38 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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