Category: Navigation
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Operation “Silent Giant”
Simulated space mission to intercept ESA “Envisat” satellite completed successfully! Mission report and other materials attached to this post.
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celnav
Freeware, open-source, Python-based, low-dependency software library for autonomous celestial navigation – features and description of algorithms.
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Recovery mission simulation
Simulation of long-range mission for emergency landed spacecraft recovery. Started as air navigation drill, the mission turned into studies of a misery of modern software development methods.
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About coordinate systems and long-range communications
Opinion about one of the reasons increases difficulty of access to the Moon for RosCosmos missions.
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Circumpolar flight simulation
Navigate vast wildernesses with no GPS. Read about my simulated 21,000 km circumpolar flight, testing fundamental skills of true astrogation in zero-landmark zones.
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