Two-Way Time Transfer Via Communication Satellites

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 1991, Pages 983-990

  Kirchner, Dieter ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SATELLITES--GEOSTATIONARY; RADIO TRANSMISSION--SPREAD SPECTRUM;

EARTH STATIONS; TWO-WAY TIME TRANSFER;

TIME MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0026189092     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: 15582256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5.84975     Document Type: Article

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