empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoMilestone: NASA achieved GPS signals on Moonwww.techexplorist.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down10
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minus-squarebritaliopeAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 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-squareitslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 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