Title :
Performance overview of Space Rubidium standards
Author :
Droz, Fabien ; Rochat, Pascal ; Qinghua Wang
Author_Institution :
SpectraTime, Neuchatel, Switzerland
Abstract :
Thanks to its good trade-off between reliability, mass, performance and cost, the Rubidium clock technology is often selected for various missions as navigation, astrophysical cartography, scientific measurement or secure communication. The typical mass of such device is between 1 and 5 kg for a frequency stability below 1×10-13 over several hours including environmental effects.
Keywords :
aerospace instrumentation; clocks; environmental factors; reliability; rubidium; astrophysical cartography; cost; environmental effects; frequency stability; mass; navigation; performance overview; reliability; secure communication; space rubidium standards;
Conference_Titel :
EFTF-2010 24th European Frequency and Time Forum
Conference_Location :
Noordwijk
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5970-2
DOI :
10.1109/EFTF.2010.6533702