Title :
Remote controlled satellite ground station
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Radio Electron., Brno Univ. of Technol., Czech Republic
Abstract :
The fully remote controlled AMSAT Phase 3 satellites´ ground station was established at the Institute of Radio Electronics, Brno University of Technology. The paper illustrates hardware and software developed for this arrangement. In the past three years the station has provided hundreds of telemetry blocks to AMSAT archive daily. Also the Internet access to the AO-40 satellite is described.
Keywords :
Internet; computerised control; satellite ground stations; telecommunication control; telecontrol; telemetry; AMSAT Phase 3 satellites ground station; AO-40 satellite; Internet access; remote controlled satellite ground station; telemetry blocks; Artificial satellites; Communication system control; Frequency conversion; Hardware; Internet; Laboratories; Modems; Satellite broadcasting; Satellite ground stations; Telemetry;
Conference_Titel :
Recent Advances in Space Technologies, 2005. RAST 2005. Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8977-8
DOI :
10.1109/RAST.2005.1512608