Citation
Abstract
The clocks at the DSN ground stations can be accurately synchronized by very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) at lower operational cost than with the existing Moon bounce system. More than an order of magnitude improvement in accuracy can be attained using existing DSN hardware, and ultimate accuracies on the order of 10 nanoseconds are possible. The purpose of the analysis described in this article is to optimize the acquisition and processing of the VLBI data subject to hardware constraints, in order to achieve the best possible time synchronization estimate for a given amount of data, and the most efficient usage of the DSN facilities.
Details
- Volume
- X
- Published
- August 15, 1972
- Pages
- 82–95
- File Size
- 1.4 MB