[time-nuts] How Rubidiums make their frequency

bg at lysator.liu.se bg at lysator.liu.se
Thu Apr 20 02:00:47 EDT 2006


On Thu, April 20, 2006 7:25, Poul-Henning Kamp said:

>>And also, something else i don't understand: Why do
>>the newer GPS satellites rely on Rb standards rather
>>than Cs standards?
>
> They last longer.

And they are less noisy and more stable, up to a day or so.

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    Björn





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