THE FIRST TWO-WAY TIME TRANSFER LINK BETWEEN ASIA AND EUROPE

摘要

By establishing the TL (Taiwan)-VSL (the Netherlands) link, the feasibility of using Two-rnWay Satellite Time and Frequency Transfer (TWSTFT) method for routine comparison betweenrnAsia and Europe has been demonstrated. This experiment has been undertaken, once or twicernper week, over a period of more than 8 months. Although the elevation from VSL was only 4.9rndegrees, the performance of this link is still good. The RMS value of the difference betweenrnTWSTFT and GPS Common-View (GPS CV) results is about 3.1 ns. The devel-opment,rnresults, and conclusions about this link are illustrated in this paper.