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From: Nathan Owens <nathan@nathan.io>
To: Mike Puchol <mike@starlink.sx>
Cc: Dave Taht <davet@teklibre.net>,
	Michael Richardson <mcr@sandelman.ca>,
	starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net
Subject: Re: [Starlink] Microstate Accounting and the Nyquist problem
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2021 09:42:51 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CALjsLJvy-fki-Lp6BdGbN6GsKX0LZptpr09ECGOsFeXW5Nb18A@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c75357e6-d3f8-4f82-ae8d-d81009ca84d6@Spark>

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You can buy a coin sized chip-scale atomic clock, so it wouldn’t surprise
me.

On Sat, Jun 12, 2021 at 9:15 AM Mike Puchol <mike@starlink.sx> wrote:

> 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...
>
> --
> ] Never tell me the odds! | ipv6 mesh networks [
> ] Michael Richardson, Sandelman Software Works | network architect [
> ] mcr@sandelman.ca http://www.sandelman.ca/ | ruby on rails [
>
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  reply	other threads:[~2021-06-12 16:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <baa8ff7a-0bde-9d6e-5984-ef5fcbae5ccd@rogers.com>
2021-06-09 13:15 ` [Starlink] Fwd: " Dave Taht
2021-06-11 22:14   ` David Collier-Brown
2021-06-11 22:34     ` Mike Puchol
2021-06-11 22:39       ` [Starlink] " Dave Taht
2021-06-11 22:59         ` Nathan Owens
2021-06-11 23:00         ` Dave Taht
2021-06-11 23:09           ` Mike Puchol
2021-06-18 18:17           ` [Starlink] NTP implementations [was: Microstate Accounting and the Nyquist problem] Juliusz Chroboczek
2021-06-12 14:00         ` [Starlink] Microstate Accounting and the Nyquist problem Michael Richardson
2021-06-12 16:13           ` Mike Puchol
2021-06-12 16:42             ` Nathan Owens [this message]
2021-06-12 19:05               ` Mike Puchol
2021-06-12 19:20                 ` Gary E. Miller
2021-06-12  1:40       ` [Starlink] Fwd: " Karl Auerbach

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