[time-nuts] HP 523B frequency counter & Sputnik
Tom Van Baak
tvb at LeapSecond.com
Thu Oct 4 20:37:03 UTC 2007
> Is this a typo on the Ashby-Relativity.htm web page?
>
> "At present one cannot easily perform tests of relativity with the system
> because the SV clocks are actively steered to be within 1 microsecond of
> Universal Coordinated Time (USNO)."
Brooke,
I think it may be more dated than a typo. It's possible that
early accuracy targets for GPS were just 1 us, with heavier
steering. Now, as you know, it's down to ns short-term and
tens of ns of UTC long-term.
For a more detailed work by Ashby, see:
http://relativity.livingreviews.org/Articles/lrr-2003-1/
/tvb
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