[ntp:questions] NTP architecture recommendation

David J Taylor david-taylor at blueyonder.not-this-bit.nor-this-bit.co.uk
Sun Aug 19 18:30:14 UTC 2007


Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
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> I don't think that a 14 channel receiver would be useful!  There
> simply are not that many satellites!  The last I knew, there were 27
> NavStar (GPS) satellites in orbit.  Of these, about seven are usually
> above the horizon at any one time.

Richard,

There can be more than that - here's an example with 13 visible.

  http://www.david-taylor.myby.co.uk/software/wxtrack-extras.htm

According to this source, there are 31 active satellites:

  http://celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/gps-ops.txt

More in orbit, I expect, now dead.
What do they do with decommissioned GPS satellites?

Cheers,
David 





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