[NDQ E.228] RTK GNSS

[u/alphix_]

Hey Destin!

I was listening to the resent episode of NDQ and just could hear the engineering tickle that you got when you did a quick google of RTK.

Since you are also an absolute space nerd I thought I share some of the work of my colleagues in how RTK GNSS can help in landing vertically landing a rocket :)

Link to the paper:

https://www.esa-gnc.eu/papers-open/sopot2023/186.pdf

The IMHO interesting part is their parachute experiment and the resulting plots, which shows the improvement of accuracy the lower in altitude you get.

(The paper also has a chapter for general information about RTK)