Software-defined satellite ranging measurements using laboratory signal analyzer

Author

Alilla, A. ; Di Carlofelice, Alessandro ; Faccio, Marco ; Lucresi, Ilaria ; Tognolatti, Piero

Author_Institution

Dept. of Ind. & Inf. Eng. & Econ., Univ. of L´Aquila, L´Aquila, Italy

fYear

2014

fDate

29-30 May 2014

Firstpage

332

Lastpage

336

Abstract

In the present paper we describe a satellite ranging measurement experimental campaign. Measures were made on the Telstar 12 Eutelsat satellite, using the general purpose laboratory instrument ANRITSU MS2830A spectrum/signal analyzer and vector signal generator. All measurements were carried at Telespazio Fucino Space Centre (Central Italy). The developed approach can measure the satellite ranging in realtime and correct the Doppler effect, producing accurate results.

Keywords

software radio; spectral analysers; ANRITSU MS2830A spectrum signal analyzer; Doppler effect; Telespazio Fucino Space Centre; Telstar 12 Eutelsat satellite; general purpose laboratory instrument; laboratory signal analyzer; software-defined satellite ranging measurements; vector signal generator; Correlation; Distance measurement; Extraterrestrial measurements; Laboratories; Satellite broadcasting; Satellites; Semiconductor device measurement; correlation; pseudo noise sequence; satellite ranging; software defined radio;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Metrology for Aerospace (MetroAeroSpace), 2014 IEEE

Conference_Location

Benevento

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MetroAeroSpace.2014.6865944

Filename

6865944