Rocket Telemetry Project Docs

Glossary

Short glossary of terms and acronyms used across docs.

Glossary

  • node: The antenna-side compute and RF stack that connects to hardware and produces telemetry.
  • central: The aggregator and coordination server that ingests node streams and provides APIs for the frontend.
  • frontend: The browser-based mission-control dashboard used by operators.
  • OPM: Operation Manager (UI role/service that handles operator-facing mission control bindings).
  • CM: Configuration Manager (service or role managing mission/target configuration and schemas).
  • I/Q: In-phase and Quadrature complex samples.
  • GNSS: Global Navigation Satellite System (GPS, GLONASS, etc.) used for timing and position.
  • DoA: Direction of Arrival (algorithms to estimate signal bearing from array data).
  • DSP: Digital Signal Processing.
  • FPGA: Field-Programmable Gate Array.
  • mTLS: Mutual TLS (mutual certificate-based TLS authentication).

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