The GOES time code service, 1974-2004: A retrospective

Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 79-96

  Lombardi, Michael A ^a   Hanson, D Wayne ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Broadcasting; Coordinated Universal Time (UTC); Orbit prediction; Satellites; Timekeeping

Indexed keywords

BALLOONS; BROADCASTING; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MIRRORS; ORBITS; RADIO; RADIO STATIONS; RADIO TRANSMITTERS; SIGNAL ENCODING; SIGNALING; TELEGRAPH;

COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME (UTC); GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES (GOES); ORBIT PREDICTION; PATH DELAY; WIRELESS TIME SIGNALS;

GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES;

EID: 20644451622     PISSN: 1044677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6028/jres.110.008     Document Type: Article

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