Comment by mcculley
5 days ago
> And the orbital GPS clocks are controlled by the US Navy, not NIST.
I thought it was US Space Force / Air Force. Was the Navy previously or currently involved?
5 days ago
> And the orbital GPS clocks are controlled by the US Navy, not NIST.
I thought it was US Space Force / Air Force. Was the Navy previously or currently involved?
Direct control is by Space Force. However the US Navy Naval Observatory is responsible for (amongst other things) providing timekeeping for the DoD.
In this context, they feed timing updates to the GPS operators https://www.cnmoc.usff.navy.mil/Our-Commands/United-States-N...