The First Two-Way Time Transfer Link Between Asia and Europe

H.T. Lin, W.H. Tseng, S.Y. Lin, H.M. Peng, C.S. Liao, G. de Jong, E. Kroon, M.J. Brakel

Abstract:	By establishing the TL (Taiwan)-VSL (the Netherlands) link, the feasibility of using Two-Way Satellite Time and Frequency Transfer (TWSTFT) method for routine comparison between Asia and Europe has been demonstrated. This experiment has been undertaken, once or twice per week, over a period of more than 8 months. Although the elevation from VSL was only 4.9 degrees, the performance of this link is still good. The RMS value of the difference between TWSTFT and GPS Common-View (GPS CV) results is about 3.1 ns. The development, results, and conclusions about this link are illustrated in this paper.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 35th Annual Precise Time and Time Interval Systems and Applications Meeting December 2 - 4, 2003 Hilton Resort on Mission Bay San Diego, California
Pages:	71 - 80
Cite this article:	Lin, H.T., Tseng, W.H., Lin, S.Y., Peng, H.M., Liao, C.S., de Jong, G., Kroon, E., Brakel, M.J., "The First Two-Way Time Transfer Link Between Asia and Europe," Proceedings of the 35th Annual Precise Time and Time Interval Systems and Applications Meeting, San Diego, California, December 2003, pp. 71-80.
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