NASA Architecture for Solar System Time Synchronization and Dissemination: Concept of Operations
November 2007
Dwarf planet Pluto and satellites. Credit: NASA, ESA, H Dwarf planet Pluto and satellites. Credit: NASA, ESA, H. Weaver (JHU/APL), A. Stern (SwRI), and the HST Pluto Companion Search Team
Introduction
Approach and Objective
Survey of Current and Future Missions
Figure . Mission Timing Survey Respondents and Mission Web Sites
Requirements
Figure . Time Architecture Functional Requirements
Figure . Time Architecture Derived Requirements
Architecture
Figure . Time Architecture Components Accuracy / Precision
Figure . Mission Time Precision Classification Timescale Transmit/Receive Stations Relays
Figure . Relays in a Challenged Network Radiometric User Platforms Correlation and Transfer Methods
Figure . Time Transfer Method Characteristics
Figure . Time Transfer Delays User Accommodations
Operations Concept Development Mission Domains
Figure . Mission Domain Definitions
Figure . Time Architecture Mission Domains Basic Tenets