For decades, atomic clocks have been the gold standard for ... Tools like GPS utilize satellite radio signals to determine a ship’s position. Even minor inaccuracies in measuring signal travel ...

A revolutionary timekeeping breakthrough could be on the horizon as scientists explore the thorium-229 nuclear optical clock, ...

The research proposed utilizing optical ISLs for both high-bandwidth communication and QS, which replaced traditional atomic clocks. Simulations of a four-satellite system demonstrated that QS ...

Atomic clocks are the basis upon which a second is defined. But there is a new kid on the block, the optical clock, which ...

ESA's Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space (ACES) has arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, United States. This ...

The DSAC demonstration validated the stability, performance, and capability of an atomic clock to enable spacecraft ... including other GA-150 satellite programs on-orbit and those scheduled ...

Atomic clocks, which depend in no way on gravitation ... He thinks that an earth satellite can be made to move in such a way that gas drag and light pressure will not affect its orbit.

The ESP8266 combines the timestamp from the GPS messages and the PPS signal to synchronize itself with the atomic clock aboard the orbiting satellite. To prevent the system from drifting too far ...

Satellite Hosted Multiple Payloads Including NASA's Deep Space Atomic Clock SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA / ACCESS Newswire / March 17, 2025 / General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced ...