Frequency Stability of GPS NAVSTAR Block 1 and Block 2 On-Orbit Clocks

Analysis of the frequency stability of the on-orbit NAVSTAR clocks os performed by the Naval Research Laboratory. The frequency stability is presented for sample times of one day to 30 days. Composite frequency stability profiles are presented for Block 1 and Block 2 NAVSTAR clocks. Several NAVSTAR cesium clocks show frequency stabilities of a few parts in 10^(14) for long sample times. Time-domain noise-process analysis shows the dominant noise type to be white frequency noise for sample times of one to ten days. The non-stationary stochastic behavior of one of the cesium clocks, illustrated by its frequency stability history, shows that the frequency stability is not always time-invariant.