Questions tagged [atomic-clock]
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Could a satellite use a Miniature Atomic Clock (MAC) to provide GPS services?
I've been investigating GPS satellites and I got curious about onboard atomic clocks. I found this following paper on the concept of a CubeSat GPS constellation using Chip-Scale Atomic Clocks, and ...
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How to convert GPS time to TAI time to UTC time?
I had naively assumed that GPS time and TAI were the same thing until I saw this answer:
https://space.stackexchange.com/a/22244/12508
I know that there are differences between Terrestrial Time (TT) ...
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How will Lucy "make use" of a deep space atomic clock?
The entry for Lucy in Wikipedia's Selection of Discovery Mission 13 and 14; Finalists says:
The mission will make use of the Deep Space Atomic Clock.81
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How are Spacecraft Event Times (SETs) managed; to what timescales are they linked?
Spacecraft Event Time explains the importance of remembering just how darn slow light is; it takes minutes, hours, and in a few cases almost a day for light to travel one way between humans and their ...
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How high is the first Deep Space Atomic Clock orbiting? Does it receive radiation equivalent to that in deep space?
The Livescience article NASA's Tiny New Atomic Clock Could Let Spacecraft Drive Themselves in Deep Space says:
But the radiation still changes the way the electronics operate. And those changes ...
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How accurately can you determine time from planetary/star positions?
I was reading this question which has to deal with the accuracy of on-board atomic clocks. In the question it mentions multiple times that only recently did we start including accurate enough clocks ...
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Help understanding exactly how an atomic clock facilitates “self-driving spacecraft” when paired with an onboard camera?
The TechCrunch article NASA details Deep Space Atomic Clock and other tests launching on SpaceX Falcon Heavy says:
Jill Seubert, Deep Space Navigator for NASA, explained that this is the world’s ...
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How does an onboard atomic clock help interplanetary navigation?
On 2019 June 22, JPL will launch and test the accuracy of an onboard atomic clock. Its FAQ says that it will improve interplanetary navigation because for the ship to determine its position, instead ...
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Where would one deploy deep space atomic clocks?
Space.com: NASA IS LAUNCHING A GPS SYSTEM FOR SPACE
NASA/JPL news: Five Things to Know about NASA's Deep Space Atomic Clock
NASA mission pages clock
NASA Deep Space Atomic Clock Fact Sheet
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