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2010: T2L2, first time transfer by laser link
2010 T2L2: FIRST TIME TRANSFER BY LASER LINK
September 5, 2011
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Measuring time to the thousand-billionth of a second
Since 7 June 2010, the Paris Observatory and Côte d’Azur Observatory have been firing lasers into space—more specifically at the T2L2 instrument on the Jason-2 satellite. The...
June 29, 2010
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T2L2 ready to put Einstein’s theory to the test
The T2L2 instrument on board Jason-2 is working well after a 1st series of tests to compare the DORIS instrument’s clock with atomic clocks here on Earth. Scientists are...
November 6, 2008
