Performance of new GNSS satellite clocks

Download or read book Performance of new GNSS satellite clocks written by Gonzalez Martinez, Francisco Javier and published by KIT Scientific Publishing. This book was released on 2013-12-24 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), the on-board clocks are a key component from which timing and navigation signals are generated. This thesis reviews the performance of the first Passive Hydrogen Maser (PHM) launched by the Galileo system in 2008; and demonstrates how the new PHM can be consider as the best clock in space, pushing the physical clock error contribution below the noise floor of geodetic time transfer capabilities. Furthermore, overall GNSS clock peformance is reviewed