RGClark
Mathematician
The image taken by SpaceShipTwo in its suborbital flight reminded me of a question I had:
The amateur team at USC also did a suborbital flight:
http://www.uscrpl.com/traveler-iv
However, the military puts limits on the accuracy of GPS of high speed craft, so the USC team couldn’t use GPS to actually prove they reached the 100 km altitude for space. After simulations, they concluded with 90% certainty their rocket reached space.
The question I had is if you had data about your camera system such as aperture and focal length could you calculate the altitude from the field of view of the image?
Robert Clark
The amateur team at USC also did a suborbital flight:
http://www.uscrpl.com/traveler-iv
However, the military puts limits on the accuracy of GPS of high speed craft, so the USC team couldn’t use GPS to actually prove they reached the 100 km altitude for space. After simulations, they concluded with 90% certainty their rocket reached space.
The question I had is if you had data about your camera system such as aperture and focal length could you calculate the altitude from the field of view of the image?
Robert Clark