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ADVANTAGES OF GPS OVER RADAR IN WIND WEIGHTING OF UNGUIDED SOUNDING ROCKETS

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.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/604775
Date10 1900
CreatorsMay, Linda R.
ContributorsHoneywell Technology Solutions, Inc., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
PublisherInternational Foundation for Telemetering
Source SetsUniversity of Arizona
Languageen_US
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typetext, Proceedings
RightsCopyright © International Foundation for Telemetering
Relationhttp://www.telemetry.org/

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