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NASA (nasa@social.beachcom.org)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 21:45:01 JST NASA

Reinventing the Clock: NASA’s New Tech for Space Timekeeping https://www.nasa.gov/technology/goddard-tech/reinventing-the-clock-nasas-new-tech-for-space-timekeeping/ #NASA #GoddardTechnology #CommunicatingAndNavigatingWithMissions #GoddardSpaceFlightCenter #Technology
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1. Reinventing the Clock: NASA’s New Tech for Space Timekeeping
  
  from Rob Garner
  
  Here on Earth, it might not matter if your wristwatch runs a few seconds slow. But crucial spacecraft functions need accuracy down to one billionth of a second or less. Navigating with GPS, for example, relies on precise timing signals from satellites to pinpoint locations. Three teams at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, are at work to push timekeeping for space exploration to new levels of precision.

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