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Physics – Ion Clock Makes Maiden Space Voyage – Physics

After a year in low Earth orbit, a NASA demo mission proves that an ultraprecise atomic clock retains its stability in space,…

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The Deep Space Atomic Clock launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket in June 2019 and was powered on in August. Now it’s returned nearly two years’ worth of data, proving the capabilities of a trapped-ion clock to operate autonomously in space.
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