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.
Synchronization of the Ground Station Atomic Clocks Using Weighted Transportable Cesium Time Standards in the Navigation Experiment (NAVEX)
1988
38 pages
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English