A Low Cost GPS System for Real-Time Tracking of Sounding Rockets

• Main Authors: Bull, B., Hassenpflug, F., Markgraf, M., Bauer, Frank, Turner, P., Montenbruck, O.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2001
• Subjects: Aircraft Communications and Navigation; Esrange; Kiruna; Orion
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20010069267

This paper describes the development as well as the on-ground and the in-flight evaluation of a low cost Global Positioning System (GPS) system for real-time tracking of sounding rockets. The flight unit comprises a modified ORION GPS receiver and a newly designed switchable antenna system composed...