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Yeah really - it's half centimeter nav according to BG. Ctrl-f for centimeter: https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/10/spacex-catches-returning-rocket-in-mid-air
by imglorp 2y ago
Yeah really - it's half centimeter nav according to BG. Ctrl-f for centimeter:
https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/10/spacex-catches-returning-rocket-in-mid-air-turning-a-fanciful-idea-into-reality https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/10/spacex-catches-returni...
Surveying GPS can do that with WAAS and a bunch of integration time and extra receivers, but not in real time:
https://www.gps.gov/systems/gps/performance/accuracy https://www.gps.gov/systems/gps/performance/accuracy
So that's why I think they need to have a high resolution, close range, 3d positioning method for the final seconds.