accurate timing is useful for starlink itself, e.g., https://patents.justia.com/patent/11924821 and its users---hopefully starlink can allow its dish to advertise the time besides location to lan -- J Pan, UVic CSc, ECS566, 250-472-5796 (NO VM), p...@uvic.ca, Web.UVic.CA/~pan
On Tue, Apr 30, 2024 at 1:47 AM David Fernández via Starlink <starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote: > > Dear Hesham, > > May I ask for what reason do you need the satellites to be synchronized in > time? What application is requiring this? Earth observation? Then, go for > GNSS-based time synchronization, as done by EO satellites in LEO: > https://navi.ion.org/content/69/3/navi.531 > > "GNSS signals could even be used for reliable navigation in lunar orbit", so > also for time synchronization: > https://www.nasa.gov/missions/tech-demonstration/nasa-navigation-tech-shows-timing-really-is-everything > > It seems that as long as your device can have a GNSS receiver, that's the > best way to keep it time-synchronized. Is there anything preventing the use > of GNSS on your intended application? > > https://lists.bufferbloat.net/pipermail/starlink/2024-March/002605.html > > Regards, > > David > _______________________________________________ > Starlink mailing list > Starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net > https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/starlink _______________________________________________ Starlink mailing list Starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/starlink
