CATSControl & Telemetry Systems

Open avionics for sounding rockets.

Flight computers, ground systems, setup software, and flight analysis built to work together.

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CATS Starter Kit with two Vega flight computers, a Ground Station, and four antennas
One connected platform

Telemetry & flight logs

Record high-resolution flight data. Track your rocket in real time.

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Flight profile Demo replay
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Altitude16m
Flight time+270.0s
CATS Vega flight computer

Vega

Configure recovery and mission events, record flight data at 100 Hz, and transmit live telemetry from one compact flight computer.

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Ground Station

Follow live telemetry, track the rocket using its latest coordinates, and review the mission from a sunlight-readable field interface.

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Proven in the field

Used by teams at EuRoC.

CATS hardware has served as EuRoC’s official flight-computer and tracking solution since 2023. The system was selected for its outstanding performance and telemetry engineered to operate in crowded radio environments.

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Manuals, software, and source code.

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