# Track Your Rocket (TYR)
*analysis-service . products*

Flagship product of Spacecific. Replaces GPS dependency in sounding-rocket trajectory recovery with a custom RF processing chain, useful where GPS is jammed, denied, or unsuitable for the rocket envelope.

## Specifications
- **manufacturer**: spacecific
- **analysis service**: {"processing_capabilities":["GPS-independent localisation for sounding rockets. RF-based ground station that recovers position and trajectory from on-board beacon signals using radio-astronomy signal-processing techniques. Spinoff from a REXUS research project at Radboud Radio Lab."]}
- **entity type**: analysis_service
- **last verified date**: 2026-05-25
- **verified by**: operator
- **claim status**: unclaimed
- **provider**: spacecific
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## Editorial
Track Your Rocket (TYR) is Spacecific's RF-based system for sounding-rocket trajectory tracking without GPS dependency.[^spacecific-tyr]

Spacecific describes TYR as a ground-station and signal-processing product that derives position and trajectory from onboard beacon signals.[^spacecific-tyr]

Spacecific reported a successful May 2025 sounding-rocket tracking test with T-Minus Engineering.[^spacecific-tyr-flight-test-2025]

## Sources
- [spacecific-tyr] | Track Your Rocket (TYR), Spacecific | https://www.spacecific.com/tyr | tier=operator-datasheet | accessed=2026-05-25
- [spacecific-tyr-flight-test-2025] | Successful Sounding Rocket Track, Spacecific | https://www.spacecific.com/news/successful-rocket-flight | tier=operator-press | accessed=2026-05-25 | published=2025-05-05
- [nasa-sounding-rocket-handbook-2023] | NASA Sounding Rockets Program Handbook | https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/soundingrocketprogramhandbook.pdf | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-05-25 | published=2023-09-01

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