The Inter-Range Instrumentation Group (IRIG) is the standards body of the
Range Commanders Council (RCC). The group publishes standards through the RCC Secretariat at
White Sands Missile Range.
The best known IRIG standard is the
IRIG timecode used to
timestamp video, film, telemetry, radar, and other data collected at test ranges.
The following
radio time sources broadcast IRIG timecodes:
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BPM (China)
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CHU
Chu or CHU may refer to:
Chinese history
* Chu (state) (c. 1030 BC–223 BC), a state during the Zhou dynasty
* Western Chu (206 BC–202 BC), a state founded and ruled by Xiang Yu
* Chu Kingdom (Han dynasty) (201 BC–70 AD), a kingdom of the Ha ...
(Canada)
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WWV and
WWVH (United States)
The RCC's IRIG Standard 106 is a comprehensive
telemetry standard for aeronautical applications at RCC member ranges. Chapter 10 of Standard 106 governs digital
flight data recorders. IRIG Standard 313-01 prescribes test standards for flight termination receivers.
See also
Related topics
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Rocket range
Related technologies
Specification of BBC phase-modulated transmissions on long-waveis a non-IRIG time signalling system that has many similarities to IRIG.
References
Standards of the United States
Aviation standards
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