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| author | Clyde, Christopher |
| author_facet | Clyde, Christopher |
| contents | <p class="p1"><em>Dear SpaceX Starlink Engineering & Advanced Projects Team,</em></p> <p class="p1"><em>I propose a simple, immediately executable experiment using two satellites in an existing orbital train (approximately</em></p> <p class="p1"><em>250 km separation, same plane) that directly measures one-way laser-pulse propagation timing</em></p> <p class="p1"><em>without any prior clock synchronization or round-trip averaging assumption.</em></p> <p class="p1"><em>Experiment (TOPD – One-Way Propagation Differential, Coincidence Version):</em></p> <p class="p1"><em>Using existing inter-satellite laser links:</em></p> <p class="p1"><strong><em>This test will settle a 120-year foundational question with hardware you already fly.</em></strong></p> |
| format | Recurso digital |
| id | zenodo_https___doi_org_10_5281_zenodo_20058679 |
| institution | Zenodo |
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| publishDate | 2026 |
| publisher | Zenodo |
| record_format | zenodo |
| spellingShingle | TOPD Proposal v1-1 Clyde, Christopher <p class="p1"><em>Dear SpaceX Starlink Engineering & Advanced Projects Team,</em></p> <p class="p1"><em>I propose a simple, immediately executable experiment using two satellites in an existing orbital train (approximately</em></p> <p class="p1"><em>250 km separation, same plane) that directly measures one-way laser-pulse propagation timing</em></p> <p class="p1"><em>without any prior clock synchronization or round-trip averaging assumption.</em></p> <p class="p1"><em>Experiment (TOPD – One-Way Propagation Differential, Coincidence Version):</em></p> <p class="p1"><em>Using existing inter-satellite laser links:</em></p> <p class="p1"><strong><em>This test will settle a 120-year foundational question with hardware you already fly.</em></strong></p> |
| title | TOPD Proposal v1-1 |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20058679 |