ITC/USA 2006 Conference Proceedings / The Forty-Second Annual International Telemetering Conference and Technical Exhibition / October 23-26, 2006 / Town and Country Resort & Convention Center, San Diego, California / “Wind Weighting” is the process of assessing the effect of wind on a launch vehicle and
determining launcher settings which would counteract that effect. This paper discusses the
advantages of using GPS radiosondes to determine wind profiles over the historical method of
tracking balloon positions with radar for the purposes of Wind Weighting. The primary
advantages are lower costs and greater portability. Also presented is evidence of improved
accuracy and reliability. Engineering testing is described and test results are reported.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/604775 |
| Date | 10 1900 |
| Creators | May, Linda R. |
| Contributors | Honeywell Technology Solutions, Inc., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Publisher | International Foundation for Telemetering |
| Source Sets | University of Arizona |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text, Proceedings |
| Rights | Copyright © International Foundation for Telemetering |
| Relation | http://www.telemetry.org/ |
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