Columbus module docked on ISS
ACES will be attached to the European Columbus Module in nadir position in order to transmit microwave signals to the stations connected to ground clocks. Columbus will provide data links and power to ACES.
Columbus module
1997 BIRTH OF THE PHARAO PROJECT Update: 01/02/2012
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15 December 2009, CNES and ESA signed an agreement concerning ACES, the world’s most accurate atomic space clock, scheduled to be flown to the ISS in 2013.
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