838: Using Pulsars to Navigate in Space with Dr. Zach Putnam
Universe Today Podcast
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How to Select Polar Intelligently
Researchers have been able to get a level of accuracy in space that would be useful for spacecraft landing and insertion burns. They used sextants with high frequency pulses, which they found were more accurate than those using shorter ones. But the bigger the wave length, the less accurate your position was according to their research.
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