Abstract: | A pilot project under joint development of the Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie (ITAG) and Physikalische Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) supported by the European Space Operation Center (ESOC) makes use of the METEOSAT ranging signal, available every 3 hours for about 1.5 minutes. The phase of the ranging signal is measured against the second pulses of the station clocks. A system study shows that the accuracy obtainable could be in the order of 30 ns. The receiver unit consists of a 2m diameter fixed antenna, a low noise broadband receiver and a phase tracker and demodulator, the overall costs will be less than $20,000 US. |
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Proceedings of the 11th Annual Precise Time and Time Interval Systems and Applications Meeting November 27 - 29, 1979 Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland |
Pages: | 392 - 342 |
Cite this article: | Nottarp, Klemens, "One Way Timetransfer via METEOSAT Capable of 30 ns Accuracy," Proceedings of the 11th Annual Precise Time and Time Interval Systems and Applications Meeting, Greenbelt, Maryland, November 1979, pp. 392-342. |
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