Facilities
Our section has developed several software tools and databases:
Radar Altimeter Database System (RADS): a harmonised, validated and cross-calibrated sea level database from satellite altimeter data.
TU Delft Astrodynamics Toolbox (Tudat): a C++ library developed and maintained by staff and students for simulating various astrodynamics applications.
GNSS receivers: our groups owns GNSS receivers which are used for both continuous and campaign GPS/GLONASS/Galileo measurements in cooperation with governmental agencies and universities in Europe and South-East Asia.
- DopTrack: a satellite ground station at the top of the highest building on the TU Delft campus, see photos below. The station can track radio signals of LEO satellites. The station and the data received is currently used in the BSc Space Minor.