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That's just a tracking signal, not guidance. Both the booster and the drone ship navigate to the same GPS coordinates.


They also have a radar on the ASDS that the rocket locks onto to help it navigate in addition to the GPS. This gives it a much more exact set of coordinates to shoot for so to speak. There was extensive discussion regarding this on r/SpaceX after they managed a virtually perfect bullseye landing several landings ago.




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