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​Featherweight GPS Tracker

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The most capable rocketry tracker you can buy.

The Featherweight GPS Tracker is rocketry's longest-range tracking system, and the only system designed to work with iPhone (Android version is on a long-term to-do list).  Lots of advanced features are available, and more are on the way!

Featherweight GPS Tracker (upd)

$165.00 - $520.00
Available Now!
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Tracker and tracker with ground station enclosure

Features

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Longest Radio Range 

  • Yes, it really can communicate to space (though GPS data available to 164,042 feet).
  • No directional antenna needed
  • Robust margin for rocket body attenuation etc.
  • No cell service required at the range.  Just download the app over WiFi at home and you're good to go.
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Advanced GPS (u‑blox M8)

  • Simultaneous reception of GPS and GLONASS constellations means your tracker can use twice as many satellites, giving you great reception wherever the antenna is pointed.
  • 10 GPS solutions per second
  • Vertical and horizontal velocity
  • Reports positions up to 50 km (164,042 feet) altitude and up to 500 meters/second (Mach 1.45)
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iPhone Compatible

  • iFIP iPhone app is now available via Apple's TestFlight app by clicking this link from your iOS device, after the TestFlight app is installed.​​
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Free Over-the-Air Software Upgrades

  • Buy in confidence now, knowing that additional features in the future are a button-click away
  • Nothing to plug in and no websites to monitor, just turn on the tracker while in the phone app and it will let you know if updates are available.
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Small Size and new Longer Battery Life

  • 1.67" x 0.8" board size, not including antenna
  • Tracker can run 16 hours on a small, 400 mAhr single LiPo cell.
  • ​Ground station enclosure can stay up all weekend
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Your Phone Points to Your Rocket

  • App uses GPS location, compass and accelerometers to point to your rocket
  • Real-time updates vertically and horizontally

Advanced Features

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Spoken Telemetry (Done!)

  • You phone tells you the flight information so you can keep your eyes on the sky
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Data Logging

  • Records GPS 3D velocity, location and signal strength at 10 samples per second for detailed post-flight analysis (Done!)
  • Approved for use in Tripoli altitude record attempts
  • Save as .kml file and plot in Google Earth (in progress)
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Multi-Stage Flights (Done!)

  • Monitor two or more stages with one phone app and one ground station.
  • Easily switch channels to monitor each stage.
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Over-the-Horizon Relay (Done!)

  • Any Featherweight tracker with a line of sight will relay the location of a "lost "rocket
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Public Telemetry (planned)

  • Follow along with your friends' flight data with the press of a button
  • LCO can monitor flight progress real-time
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Estimated Landing Point (planned)

  • Uses the GPS velocity from the last signal to estimate the last landing point
  • Choose to track to the last data or the estimated landing

Accessories

Tracker Battery + Adapter

$12.00
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Resources

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Download the User's Manual, updated October 25, 2021
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gs_data_cmds_2020nov15.xlsx
File Size: 123 kb
File Type: xlsx
Download File

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Tracker step file

Download a zip file of all Featherweight step files here.
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38mm Nosecone 3D Model

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