Timing Properties of the Starlink Ku-Band Downlink — mentioned by nomel

Tue, 01 Sep 2026 04:38:06 GMT

Coherency is a state. My question is if that state can be achieved by just tuning the individual clocks/locations based on GPS as a master. And, there's other tricks, with all the inter-satellite communication [1]. And, there's a contextual difference here between civilian GPS and military GPS. Much of the precision in the existing GPS satellites is to support the military use of GPS, with intentionally error injected into the civilian side. And, by the nature of the hostile environment the military operates, military craft don't have as strong of a reliance on something that's ephemeral…

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Timing Properties of the Starlink Ku-Band Downlink — mentioned by nomel