UniSA researcher Dr Samuel Teague says the lightweight, affordable celestial navigation system can be integrated into standard drones, offering a dependable backup with impressive accuracy.
There's no way around it: Celestial navigation using a sextant is a complex and involved process that involves a fair amount of calculating, correcting, referring to tables, knowledge of the ...
Celestial navigation, one of the oldest aviation navigation methods, uses star positions to determine location. While advancements in GPS overshadowed its use, celestial navigation remains ...