Performance of new GNSS satellite clocks

• Main Author: Gonzalez Martinez, Francisco Javier (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: KIT Scientific Publishing 2014
• Subjects: Physics; Atomic Clocks; Time prediction; clock performance; Satellite Navigation; GNSS
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

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...