Atomic and quartz clock hardware for communication and navigation satellites

39th Annual Precise Time and Time Interval (PTTI) Systems and Applications Meeting 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 45-58

  Mallette, Leo A ^a  

^a BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE; COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED OSCILLATORS; FREQUENCY REFERENCE; HARDWARE FUNCTIONS; MASTER OSCILLATORS; NAVIGATION SATELLITES; STABLE FREQUENCIES;

HARDWARE; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; PLATINUM ALLOYS; QUARTZ; SPACE APPLICATIONS;

COMMUNICATION SATELLITES;

EID: 84877823797     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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