Results of using the global positioning system to maintain the time and frequency synchronization in the Deep Space Network

Details Results of using the global positioning system to maintain the time and frequency synchronization in the Deep Space Network Results of using the global positioning system to maintain the time and frequency synchronization in the Deep Space Network

May 1987

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987tdar.nasa...67c&link_type=abstract

In its The Telecommunications and Data Acquisition Report p 67-72 (SEE N87-23828 17-32)

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Deep Space Network, Frequency Synchronization, Global Positioning System, Signal Processing, Time Measurement, Clocks, Data Acquisition, Kalman Filters, Masers

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There are two hydrogen maser clocks located at each signal processing center (SPC) in the DSN. Close coordination of the time and frequency of the SPC clocks is needed to navigate spacecraft to the outer planets. A recent example was the Voyager spacecraft's encounter with Uranus in January 1986. The clocks were adjusted with the goal of minimizing time and frequency offsets between the SPCs at encounter. How time and frequency at each SPC is estimated using data acquired from the Global Positioning System Timing Receivers operating on the NBS-BIH (National Bureau of Standards-Bureau International de l'Heure) tracking schedule is described. These data are combined with other available timing receiver data to calculate the time offset estimates. The adjustment of the clocks is described. It was determined that long range hydrogen maser drift is quite predictable and adjustable within limits. This enables one to minimize time and frequency differences between the three SPCs for many months by matching the drift rates of the three standards. Data acquisition and processing techniques using a Kalman filter to make estimates of time and frequency offsets between the clocks at the SPCs and UTC(NBS) (Coordinated Universal Time realized at NBS) are described.

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