New Atlas

Spaceworthy optical clock promises centimeter-level GPS precision

As sailors in the 17th century learned the hard way, having an accurate clock for navigation is pointless if it is too delicate to carry aboard ship. The same goes for the super accurate optical ...
Hackaday

GPS clock

Over the years, there have been several memory and display technologies that served a particular niche for a while, only to be replaced and forgotten when a more suitable technology came along. One of ...
NextBigFuture

Chip Scale Atomic Clocks, GPS Towers

There is some concern that if there are delays in launching replacement GPS satellites that there could a degradation in the availability and accuracy of GPS (global positioning). There are currently ...
The Conversation

Sharper GPS needs even more accurate atomic clocks

University of Western Australia provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation AU. The GPS network might just be Earth’s greatest piece of infrastructure. It’s effectively a collection of ...
EDN

Universal Clock Generator Based on GPS

Building a universal clock generator would provide extremely accurate timing for GPS satellites and GPS Ground Segment in order for GPS users to be aware of their Earth position. The types of clock ...
Inverse

Super-precise atomic clocks are the future of space travel

From freeze-dried strawberries to memory foam and scratch-resistant glasses, space exploration is the force behind a myriad of life-changing innovations. Now it’s time for a terrestrial innovation to ...
GPS World

Next-Generation Clock Increases Stability to 300 Picoseconds

The U.S. Naval Observatory’s Alternate Master Clock on Schriever Air Force Base received its second rubidium fountain clock February 4 to ensure it has the most precise time in the world. Both the ...
GPS World

Using GPS, NASA tests atomic clock for deep space navigation

The Deep Space Atomic Clock in the middle bay of the General Atomics Orbital Test Bed spacecraft. (Image: NASA) While in orbit, the Deep Space Atomic Clock (DSAC) mission will use the navigation ...
EurekAlert!

NIST method improves reliability of GPS clocks

The average user may not notice, but the Global Positioning System (GPS) is more reliable today than it was several years ago. Widely used by the military, first responders, surveyors and even ...
Minnesota Daily

University employs 300 GPS clocks

There were 300 fewer clocks for Facilities Management to turn back for daylight saving time last weekend. Those clocks in classrooms around campus have been replaced during the past few weeks with ...
techtimes

Deep Space Atomic Clock for GPS Improvement - Results to Heightened Spacecraft Autonomy?

Spacecrafts that travel farther than the Earth's moon primarily rely on communications with its appropriate ground stations to know where they are located and where they will go next. To enhance the ...
Hackaday

GPS clock

The Talking Clock service is disappearing, and it’s quite possible that few of you will be aware of its passing. One of the staples of twentieth-century technology, the Talking Clock service was the ...