Sentences with phrase «greatly improving the precision»

The higher frequencies mean that optical clocks «tick» faster than microwave atomic clocks and could thus provide time - stamps that are 100 to 1,000 times more accurate, greatly improving the precision of GPS.

Frequency combs, a fast - growing field of research, make it possible to not only increase the speed of optic communication techniques, but also to greatly improve the precision of atomic clocks, telescopes, and GPS equipment.

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Along with Mars 2020, STMD is hard at work, advancing promising technology for potential infusion into these Mars missions including: Heat - shield for Extreme Entry Environment, a tailorable, woven thermal protection system that would reduce entry loads and greatly reduce heat - shield mass; Deep Space Optical Communications, which will improve the data - return capacity from space to Earth by more than 10 times the current state - of - the - art; and the Deep Space Atomic Clock project which will revolutionize deep space travel by improving the precision of space navigation and enabling more efficient use of tracking networks like GPS.