System transit time, Latency -

[Joe Zeff]

On 04/07/2012 08:39 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
>         How can I measure system transit time in this satellite system.
>         I don't need great precision, just a rough idea of the time from
>         here to the satellite, back down to the earth station/gateway,
>         destination, and return.

Traceroute will give you the IP address of the first router after the 
satellite and the transit time.  Once you have that, you can simply ping 
the router to get current data.