838: Using Pulsars to Navigate in Space with Dr. Zach Putnam
Universe Today Podcast
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How Long Does It Take to Detect a Radio Wave on a Spacecraft?
The first pulses that were discovered in the late sixties, we actually observe he on the ground using very large radio telescopes. And they can go hundreds of times a second, like, it's ludicrously fast. For navigation purposes, we typically look at mill second stars, which have millsecond periods,. uh, typically below 20 milliseconds.
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