WSMC APPROACH FOR USING GPS TO SYNCHRONIZE REMOTE SITE TIMING

John B. McConnell, Robert L. Baker

Abstract:	The Western Space and Missile Center (WSMC) plans to precisely synchronize timing at remote tracking sites using Global Positioning System (GPS) equipment being developed for the Tri-Service GPS Range Applications Program. The proposed GPS timing systems will provide automated, autonomous, and continuous monitoring for ballistic missile and space autonomous, and continuous monitoring of site timing performance and improve WSMC metric support capabilities for ballistic missile system test programs on the Western Test Range (NTR). By eliminating the need for portable atomic clocks and allowing replacement of site cesiums with less expensive standards, the proposed timing systems should reduce the cost of timekeeping on the WTR. Initial field demonstration tests are planned in early 1988 at the uprange and midrange tracking sites. This paper discusses the system design, operation, test demonstration plans and schedule.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 18th Annual Precise Time and Time Interval Systems and Applications Meeting December 2 - 4, 1986 DuPont Plaza Hotel Washington, DC
Pages:	295 - 304
Cite this article:	McConnell, John B., Baker, Robert L., "WSMC APPROACH FOR USING GPS TO SYNCHRONIZE REMOTE SITE TIMING," Proceedings of the 18th Annual Precise Time and Time Interval Systems and Applications Meeting, Washington, DC, December 1986, pp. 295-304.
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