北斗三号卫星星载原子钟频率特性评估

Frequency Performance Evaluation of BeiDou-3 Satellite Atomic Clocks

  • 摘要: 随着北斗三号全球系统的全面建成,其星载原子钟逐渐进入稳定运行状态,对星载原子钟进行性能评估对提升其全球服务性能至关重要。本文建立了星载原子钟频率特性评价指标,然后基于北斗三号卫星多星精密定轨( Multi-satellite Orbit Determination,MPOD)和双向卫星时间频率传递( Two-way Satellite Time and FrequencyTransfer,TWSTFT)钟差数据分析了钟差测定精度以及星载原子钟的频率特性。分析结果表明: TWSTFT钟差的随机噪声水平在0.2~0.25ns,MPOD钟差随机噪声水平均不大于0.02ns;TWSTFT钟差测定精度为0.35~0.42ns,MPOD钟差测定精度为0.1~0.18ns;星载原子钟频率准确度在10-12~10-11量级;氢钟频率漂移性能和长期频率稳定度整体优于铷钟,氢钟30天的频率漂移量均不超过10-13量级,天稳达到10-15量级,而铷钟普遍表现出明显的频率漂移。

     

    Abstract: With the full completion of the BeiDou-3 satellite navigation system, its satellite atomic clocks have gradually entered stable operating states. Performance evaluation of the satellite-borne atomic clocks is crucial to improving its global service performance. This paper established the evaluation index of the frequency characteristics of the satellite atomic clock and the corresponding calculation method. The average frequency fitted hourly is used to reflect the frequency accuracy and frequency drift characteristics of the satellite-borne atomic clock, and considering the error characteristics of different clock bias products, the combined Hadamard deviation is proposed to accurately evaluate the frequency stability of the satellite-borne atomic clock. The accuracy of the clock bias determination and the frequency performance of the satellite clocks were evaluated based on the BeiDou-3 multisatellite precision orbit determination (MPOD) and two-way satellite time and frequency transfer (TWSTFT) clock products. The analysis results have demonstrated that, the random noise level represented by the root mean square (RMS) of hourly fitting residual of the TWSTFT clock bias is 0.2~0.25ns, and the random noise level of the MPOD clock bias is not larger than 0.02ns; the measurement accuracy represented by the RMS of daily fitting residual of the TWSTFT clock bias is 0.35~0.42ns, and of the MPOD is 0.1~0.18ns; the frequency accuracy of the satellite atomic clock is in the order of 10-12~10-11; the daily frequency drift of the passive hydrogen maser (PHM) is in the order of 10-15~10-16, the 30-day frequency drift of the PHM does not exceed the order of 10-13, and the daily frequency stability reaches the order of 10-15, while the rubidium clock frequency generally shows obvious frequency drift, and daily frequency drift reaches the order of 10-13. The frequency drift characteristics and long-term frequency stability of the BeiDou-3 PHM are overall better than the rubidium clocks.

     

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