Duh… you are correct, I was still on the desktop-sizes ones… but would you need one? What I can find is not cheap. It would be interesting to work the math eg for Doppler shift compensation which could require better accuracy than a “normal” GPS synced timing source.
On Jun 12, 2021, 18:43 +0200, Nathan Owens <nathan@nathan.io>, wrote:
You can buy a coin sized chip-scale atomic clock, so it wouldn’t surprise me.
The basis for the GPS time sync is an atomic clock on board each satellite. I very much doubt Starlink is placing one of those in their birds :-)
Best,
Mike
On Jun 12, 2021, 16:00 +0200, Michael Richardson <
mcr@sandelman.ca>, wrote:
Dave Taht <davet@teklibre.net> wrote:
It’s ironic that the device has to have gps in it, and thus should be
able to provide perfect time to clients directly behind it, isn’t.
Couldn't starlink satellites *also* provide a GPS reference?
They are lower and way more of them...
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