@[email protected] to TechnologyEnglish • 3 days agoMilestone: NASA achieved GPS signals on Moonwww.techexplorist.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1172arrow-down12cross-posted to: space
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 days agois it really such a huge deal ? Afaik “ballistic dead rekoning” is really, really accurate and isnt difficult to automate (it’s mostly math after all)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 days agoFor longer missions it helps to be able to re-calibrate, as with dead-reckoning, the errors cumulate
is it really such a huge deal ? Afaik “ballistic dead rekoning” is really, really accurate and isnt difficult to automate (it’s mostly math after all)
For longer missions it helps to be able to re-calibrate, as with dead-reckoning, the errors cumulate