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It's pretty clearly an exercise in astronavigation. The livestream event itself mentioned it was taking place at the Northrop facility in Palmdale. This autho
by runjake 4y ago
It's pretty clearly an exercise in astronavigation.
The livestream event itself mentioned it was taking place at the Northrop facility in Palmdale.
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Aside: I'm not even sure this plane will end up doing flight testing somewhere secret in Nevada. They may just do it out of Edwards South Base, which is an "interesting" location not many in the public know about.
- twelvechairs 4y agoAlso all they do is cut it down to a wide band that covers 12 or so states, then compare against known bases (not shown) to narrow it down
- tablespoon 4y ago> It's pretty clearly an exercise in astronavigation. Off topic, but it would be really cool if someone build a hobbyist astronavigationsystem using a something like a Raspberry Pi and a camera with a fisheye lens. Sort of an amateur https://timeandnavigation.si.edu/multimedia-asset/nortronics-nas-14v2-astroinertial-navigation-system https://timeandnavigation.si.edu/multimedia-asset/nortronics....
- runlaszlorun 4y agoI hadn’t realized that much of the public doesn’t know Edwards. Then again, I’m a SoCal native with a father who was an aerospace engineer…
- quesera 4y agoEdwards AFB was pretty well-known when the Space Shuttle was an active program. But ... it's been 11 years, kids these days, etc. Auxiliary Base South is probably less known.
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