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GPS alternative for drone navigation uses visual data from stars

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Remote sensing engineers from the University of South Australia have combined celestial navigation with vision-based technology to provide an alternative means of nighttime navigation in environments where GPS is unavailable or unreliable.

By relying on passive celestial navigation rather than radio frequency global navigation satellite system signals, drones are resistant to jamming.

The system relies on an algorithm that uses visual data from stars and processes it through standard autopilot systems.

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