Featherweight GPS Tracker - Featherweight Altimeters

The most capable GPS 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 coming soon). The basic feature set is available now, and additional advanced features are coming soon!

Featherweight GPS Tracker

$150.00 - $499.00

Tracker and tracker with ground station enclosure

Features

Longest Radio Range

Yes, it really can track to space.
No directional antenna needed
Robust margin for rocket body attenuation etc.

Most 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
Accurate 3D velocity
Low power consumption

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.
aFIP Android app coming soon

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.

Small Size and Long Battery Life

1.67" x 0.8" board size, not including antenna
Tracker can run 5 hours on a small, 400 mAhr single LiPo cell.
Ground station enclosure can stay up all weekend

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 Coming Soon

Spoken Telemetry (First draft working!)

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

Data Logging

Records GPS 3D velocity, location and signal strength at 10 samples per second for detailed post-flight analysis
Designed to meet the requirements for Tripoli record
Save as .kml file and plot in Google Earth

Multi-Stage Flights (Done!)

Monitor two or more stages with one phone app and one ground station.
Easy switching between displays of each stage.

Over-the-Horizon Relay (Done!)

Any Featherweight tracker with a line of sight will relay the location of a "lost "rocket

Public Telemetry

Follow along with your friends' flight data with the press of a button
LCO can monitor flight progress real-time

Estimated Landing Point

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

Adjustable GPS Battery Charger

$17.00

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